How to override settings.settings variable by app.config variable

Question

How can I change (or override) a settings.settings variable by adding a variable to the app.config on production?

Is this possible anyway?

Answer 1

Only through code:

e.g.

 if (bool.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["overridethis"].ToString()))
 {
     //use overridden value
 }

If however, your issue is maintaining different configuration values in different environments, then I would use AppSettings instead.

You can then use a developer override file.

See http://www.compiledthoughts.com/2005/03/overriding-webconfig-app-settings-with.html