Question

I found this link. Very cool. That shows how you can store appsettings in a different file:
http://sureshbeniwal.blogspot.com/2008/04/store-appsettings-in-external-file.html

Can I do the same thing with ConnectionStrings tag?

Can I do the same thing with web service links?

This is a web application so the web links are in this format:

<applicationSettings>
    <Webstrat.Web.Properties.Settings>

Answer 1

All configuration section elements (such as connectionStrings etc) have the configSource attribute, as discussed on MSDN. This allows you to specify a separate file for inclusion, but not in the way you have shown.

Example:

<connectionStrings configSource="connectionStrings.config" />