External Config Files with elmah

Question

I am using elmah (v1.1.11517.0) and am trying to move the config to an external source.

My config currently looks like this:

Answer 1

The reason why you can't use the configSource element for elmah is because elmah is defined as a sectionGroup. You can use the configSource on Sections. That is why it works on log4net.

If you need the seperate config-file for web-deployment like Dan Atkinson you could do the following:

The downside is that you need a config file for each section. But you often do that for web deployment projects.