How can I reference an appSetting in a different part of web.config

Question

I have my appSettings defined in a separate config file called Appsettings.Dev.Config, and I include that file inside my web.config fi

Answer 1

Nope, the web configuration file cannot pull "settings" from itself; it's not dynamic at all. The only sort of dynamic functionality is the ability to include other .config, but that's just a "suck all these settings in as if they were part of me" kind of thing.