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How do I get web config transforms to work with Web Deployment Projects?


I installed Visual Studio Web Deployment Projects 2010 and added a deployment project to my solution. When I build the deployment project, it does not apply the web.config transform file for the specified configuration.

My web app project has the following files: Web.config Web.Debug.config Web.Release.config Web.Stage.config

I have tried to check the "Enable web.config file section replacement" but that seems to not make a difference. I even tried checking "Use external configuration source file" but that didn't make a difference either.

I've tested the config files using MSBuild from the command line and they work as expected.

Do web deployment projects support config transformations? If so, how do I get them to work?


Solution

  • I was unable to get this to work and used Web Deploy functionality instead. Web deploy supports web.config transforms and seems to be a bit more flexible than web deployment projects.