Known Issues about having multiple web.config files and visual studio 2005/2008 SP1

Question

Hello all,

I seem to be having a problem with my visual studio 2005/2008 installation or something because it isn't providing any IntelliSense whatsoever for controls registered on web.config files in folders different from the root, but it isn't showing any errors neither. Is this behavior normal?

I have access only to the folder of my sub-app, so I can't modify the root's web.config file. Well I COULD, but I'm NOT allowed to.

What I'm trying is to register some WebUserControl's on the web.config file for my sub-app folder, so all the pages in my sub-app can use the WebUserControl's without having to register them on every page, but I'm not getting IntelliSense for those controls registered on the web.config file on my sub-app folder, but I do get IntelliSense if I register them on the root's web.config file. IntelliSense for everything else appears to be working fine.

In the web.config file on my sub-app folder I have something like the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>       
    <system.web>
        <pages>
            <controls>
                <add tagPrefix="qme" tagName="EmptySearchMessage" src="~/QMinerals/WebUserControls/EmptySearchMessage.ascx"/>
                <add tagPrefix="uc1" tagName="uc_general" src="~/uc_general.ascx" />
                <add tagPrefix="uc1" tagName="uc_menu" src="~/uc_menu.ascx" />
            </controls>
        </pages>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

am I doing something wrong?

Update Now I have upgraded to VS2008 SP1 and the issue persist

Answer 1

• Did you try removing "~" from the path and using it relative to web.config? (yeah, even if works now)
• Do you have Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1?