Do Web.Configs inherit each other?

[darrel]

I just noticed something in one of my applications which is in a folder
within another application.

My application is grabbing the DB connection string from the Web.Config
file:

strConnect = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("DBConn")

My application's Web.Config file doesn't have this DBConn appSettings key,
so I assume it's grabbing it from the parent applications web.config file?

In addition, these nested apps are all sharing the same forms authentication
form (shared via the machine key).

-Darrel

 

[intrader]

I just noticed something in one of my applications which is in a folder
within another application.

My application is grabbing the DB connection string from the Web.Config
file:

strConnect = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("DBConn")

My application's Web.Config file doesn't have this DBConn appSettings key,
so I assume it's grabbing it from the parent applications web.config file?

In addition, these nested apps are all sharing the same forms authentication
form (shared via the machine key).

-Darrel

Correct, inheriting does occur.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Yes, they do inherit.

 

[darrel]

Correct, inheriting does occur.

Ah. That's useful. Is that by default or due to our apps sharing the
authentication mode across apps?

-Darrel