Moving a custom configuration group to a separate file

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As far as I know, you cannot externalize an entire SectionGroup (i.e. MyCustomGroup) using the configSource attribute, but you have to handle this on the Section level (i.e. MyCustomSection)

<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <sectionGroup name="MyCustomGroup">
                <section name="MyCustomSection"/>
        </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
    <MyCustomGroup>    
       <MyCustomSection configSource="externalfile.config" />
    </MyCustomGroup>
</configuration>

The external file externalfile.config would then contain your actual config settings, starting directly with your own custom section tag (no leading <?xml....?> or <configuration> or anything needed):

<MyCustomSection>
    ... your settings here......
</MyCustomSection>

Marc

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