Question

Is there any way to inherit settings in the .config file from a subassembly?

Example:

• Imagine I have an assembly .NET that does something like connect to a database, or a remote WCF service. This assembly is called “Connect.dll”, and its config file is “Connect.dll.config”.
• This sub assembly is called from the main program, “main.exe”, its config file is “main.exe.config”.
• Is there some way to import the settings from “connect.dll.config” into “main.config”, without having to copy the appropriate .xml lines in in by hand?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, no. There is however possible to load configuration from the “Connect.dll.config” manually using the ConfigurationManager API.