The Web.config file modifies the default settings stipulated in Machine.config. If you do a search for Web.config, you might find a number of them on your machine. There is a Web.config file in your application's virtual directory.

Machine.config defines the default settings for the machine. The Host System.cs looks in the Machine.Config first and finally to the Web.config file in the application virtual directory to change settings.

The values stored in the application specific settings <appSettings> contain configuration parameters specific to the host runtime system. The <appSettings> node falls within the <configuration> element, but outside of the <system.web> element. Notice that the <appSettings> syntax includes the verb “add”, which adds key/value pairs to a collection.

Because the tags must be well-formed XML, the tags, sub tags, and attributes are case-sensitive. Tag names and attribute names are camel-cased, which means that the first character of a tag name is lowercase and the first letter of any subsequent concatenated words is uppercase. Attribute values are Pascal-case, which means that the first character is uppercase and the first letter of any subsequent concatenated words is uppercase. Exceptions are true and false, which are always lowercase.

The contents of the <appSettings> section of the Web.Config file are described below. These must be modified, to suit your host runtime system, by opening the file in a text editor and adding the required values. Alternatively third party editors are available specifically to edit Web.Config files. Sections other than the <appSettings> can be modified to suit your requirements. However these are not specific to Agile Business Suite software, so are not documented here. Refer to Microsoft documentation for more information on these other sections. Editing of this file should be done before deployment of the system to the Web Server.

Note that the following values are updated when the SetupASPNet.vbs script is executed: