#Transform web.config on build
- Unload the project
- Edit .csproj
- Append figure 1 to the end of the file just before
</Project>; v12.0 might change depending on your version of Visual Studio - Save .csproj and reload
- Open configuration manager
- Add a new Configuration Name: Base. Copy settings from: Release
- Copy the contents of your web.config
- Right click Web.Config > Add Config Transformation
- Overwrite the web.base.config with the contents of your clipboard
- From now on Web.Config will be overwritten using transformations.
For settings that apply to all cofigurations use Base
For settings that apply only to Release use Release
For settings that apply only to Debug use Debug
A helpful note to add to your projects [base|debug|release].config
<!-- WEB CONFIG IN THIS PROJECT SHOULD ONLY BE MODIFIED BY -->
<!-- web.base.config -->
<!-- web.debug.config -->
<!-- web.release.config -->
<!-- CHANGES MADE DIRECTLY TO THE web.config WILL BE OVERWRITTEN -->
####Figure 1 Copy and paste:
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<TransformXml Source="Web.Base.config" Transform="Web.$(Configuration).config" Destination="Web.config" />
</Target>
I did all the above steps but my final output in the web.config is always Web.Base.config while doing continuous delivery using TFS 2018.
Please help me in this regard. I should be able to transform the web.config file which i have selected in the configuration in Visual studio IDE. The final output should be the selected web.config file.