I have a web.config file with:

<appSettings>

    ... keys 

</appSettings> 

In the wdp project file I have a WebConfigReplacementFile element which try to replace the above appSettings with this one:

<appSettings configSource="some path" /> 

Wdp build fails with: ...Unrecognized attribute 'configSource'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive...

Is this a bug in wdp or a limitation?

Hi,

To update the Web.config file by replacing existing sections with elements that reference a .config file, please enable "Use external configuration source file" option.

For example, the web.config contains appSettings section:

 <appSettings>
  <add key="test" value="AAA"></add>
 </appSettings>

And there is a config file named SourceConfig.config, containing:

 <appSettings>
  <add key="New1" value="BBB"></add>
 </appSettings>

In the Web Deployment project, we can directly type appSettings=SourceConfig.config in Web.config file section replacements TextBox.

After build Web Deployment project, the web.config will become:

<appSettings configSource="SourceConfig.config" />

I look forward to receiving your test results.