> The use of the ConfigSource attribute is as follows:

> Each section that supports configSource gets specified as
>     <membership configSource="config\membership.config"/>

> In the membership.config (name doesn't matter), you would specify only the
> membership section.

> <membership defaultProvider="CustomSqlMembershipProvider"
> userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">
>   <providers>
>     <clear/>
>     <add name="CustomSqlMembershipProvider"
>          connectionStringName="<connString>"
>          type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web,
> Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
>          applicationName="<appname>"
>          requiresUniqueEmail="false"
>          minRequiredPasswordLength="7"
>          minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1"
>          maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5"
>          passwordAttemptWindow="5"
>          passwordFormat="Hashed"
>          enablePasswordRetrieval="false"
>          enablePasswordReset="true"/>
>   </providers>
> </membership>

> Here is some more info:
> http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2007/04/26/using-configsour...

> Hope this helps,

> Steve

> "Blasting Cap" <goo@christian.net> wrote in message
> news:eqYkXt4pHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I am working on a web app that I want to be able to use a separate config
>> file on, in addition to the web.config file that's already working in the
>> application.

>> If I put the following in the web.config file (VS 2005, Framework 2.0), I
>> can retrieve the values fine:

>> <appSettings>
>>     <add key="fileInputFolder" value="C:\National City Downloads\test"/>
>>     <add key="fileTransaction" value="\Transactions\"/>
>>     <add key="TimerInterval" value="20000"/>
>>     <add key="Conn" value ="Data Source=dellserver\sql2000;Initial
>> Catalog=CIC_BankModel;Persist Security Info=True;User
>> ID=sa;Password=adminsql"/>
>>   </appSettings>

>> I retrieve the value with this line in the codefile in one of the apps on
>> the page:

>> Session("MyExchangeServer") =
>> WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings("fileInputFolder").ToString

>> The placement of the above appsettings line is right after the
>> </system.web> in the web.config file, and immediately before the
>> <system.net> line.

>> Any of those values can be read with no problem if they're in the
>> web.config file.

>> I added a new item to my project, app.config.

>> It looks like this:

>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> <!--
>>     Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
>>     web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
>>     the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
>>     A full list of settings and comments can be found in
>>     machine.config.comments usually located in
>>     \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
>> -->
>> <configuration>
>>   <appSettings>
>>     <add key="fileInputFolder" value="C:\National City Downloads\test"/>
>>     <add key="fileTransaction" value="\Transactions\"/>
>>     <add key="TimerInterval" value="20000"/>
>>     <add key="Conn" value ="Data Source=dellserver\sql2000;Initial
>> Catalog=CIC_BankModel;Persist Security Info=True;User
>> ID=sa;Password=adminsql"/>
>>   </appSettings>
>>     <connectionStrings/>
>>     <system.web>
>>         <!--
>>             Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
>>             symbols into the compiled page. Because this
>>             affects performance, set this value to true only
>>             during development.
>>         -->
>>         <compilation debug="false" />
>>         <!--
>>             The <authentication> section enables configuration
>>             of the security authentication mode used by
>>             ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
>>         -->
>>         <authentication mode="Windows" />
>>         <!--
>>             The <customErrors> section enables configuration
>>             of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
>>             during the execution of a request. Specifically,
>>             it enables developers to configure html error pages
>>             to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

>>         <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"
>> defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
>>             <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
>>             <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
>>         </customErrors>
>>         -->
>>     </system.web>

>> </configuration>

>> It returns this message when I try to load the page.

>> The format of a configSource file must be an element containing the name
>> of the section. (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\App.config line 10)

>> The only thing I have changed from the original app.config file was where
>> appSettings was already in the file, in the form <appSettings/>. Where you
>> see the <appSettings> and the 3-4 lines followed by the </appSettings>, I
>> simply replaced it.

>> The exact error on the page is:

>> Configuration Error
>> Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration
>> file required to service this request. Please review the specific error
>> details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

>> Parser Error Message: The format of a configSource file must be an element
>> containing the name of the section.

>> Source Error:

>> Line 8:      \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
>> Line 9:  -->
>> Line 10: <configuration>
>> Line 11:   <appSettings>
>> Line 12:     <add key="fileInputFolder" value="C:\National City
>> Downloads\test"/>

>> Source File: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\App.config    Line: 10

>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----
>> Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42;
>> ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210

>> Any idea what I am doing wrong on this?  I'd like to do some more with
>> this alternate config file, but I'm just trying to get the simple stuff to
>> work, before I do anything else.

>> Thanks,

>> BC