Web.config Inheritance

[anonim1]

I have a standalone web application that runs in a subdirectory of the base web application. By design, the sub-application inherits settings from the web.config file of the parent application. This then throws errors, because the sub-application does not use some of these settings, such as httpModules, etc.

I've tried using <remove /> and <clear /> tags in the sub-web.config file to ignore inherited settings, but I still get configuration errors.

Here is what's in the parent web.config file:

<configSections>
  <section name="urlrewritingnet"
    restartOnExternalChanges="true"
    requirePermission="false"
    type="UrlRewritingNet.Configuration.UrlRewriteSection,
      UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" />
</configSections>

And here's the error I get:

Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'restartOnExternalChanges'.

How can I get the sub-application to complete ignore the "urlrewritingnet" section from the parent web.config file?

I should also mention that the parent application is .NET 2.0, while the child application is .NET 1.1. Thanks.