Custom web.config attribute for handler

Hello!

I have created a custom handler that serves files from database. Handler also
contains UseCaching property. (Simple boolean true or false)

I want to expose this property to attribute, so it can be configured in
web.config in the same tag as I add the handler.

Example: 

<addverb="*"path="*.asfx"type="ASP.FilesModule.HtmlR
esponseWriter, ASP.FilesModule"UseCaching="false" />

Is this possible? 

How to implement it? 

Thank you!

Hi boryto,

The attribute will cause parsing error of the web.config file. By default,
ASP.NET doesn't aware of this attribute. You can have a separate configuration
file for HtmlResponseWriter which can be read by the HtmlResponseWriter.

Another way you can have custom section in web.config file:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/032807-1.aspx

Thank you Zhao,

looks like my whish will  not come true

Hi boryto, 

That is possible too. You can have custom section handler to parse the section
but you need to implement one and replace the default section. I think it is too
much work for just a custom setting.