re:
the web.config file should have a directive/header
at the top pointing to the schema file.
Don't think so.
Try it...
Just open any web.config in the VS.NET IDE and,
anywhere, insert a less-than character ( < ).
You'll see the intellisense popup come up and offer the available choices.
You don't even need the <?xml version="1.0"?> header.
Intellisense will work without it.
Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
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