Question

I have this variable defined in my web.config file :

<appSettings>
    <add key ="version" value="123"/>
</appSettings>

and I am using it in my aspx pages’ headers without problem:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/style.css?<%= ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["version"] %>"/>

But this doesn’t seem to work in a regular HTML page.
What is the correct way of using a web.config variable in straight HTML ?

Answer 1

Server code (for instance what you have in the <%%>) can’t be executed on static pages.

You need to append this manually in your static pages, or convert them to dynamic pages (.aspx).

<%%> stands for:

<script runat="server"></script>

In a static page which is not routed through the ASP.NET engine, this will not do anything and will not get converted to server code.