Accessing appSettings from multiple Web.config files

Question

I am designing an ASP.NET MVC4 Web App project. In the root of my project, I have the customary default Web.config file with my corresponding elements. In parti

Answer 1

Figured it out! To use a different config file, incorporate WebConfigurationmanager. So, to access the appSettings of ./Areas/PackageName/Web.config, simply use:

var config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~/Areas/PackageName");
string dirE = config.AppSettings.Settings["dirEnabled"].Value;

Answer 2

Try with

<appSettings file="<Path_To_Second_Web.Config>">
   ...
</appSettings >

in your project's Web.config

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