Application Settings based on Configuration Using Build Events

Question

I have three configurations created. "Development", "Test", "Production".

I also have a database connection string defined in my settings

Is there a way I can utilize the following screen to ensure the proper value ends up in the setting field for each configuration?

And is the same possible for a class library housing an entity model?

Answer 1

I can offer you three options.

1) Use $(ConfigurationName) in your pre-build passing it into a batch file or the like.

2) Use a config files with separate sections for each build configuration. VS supports this. I think this is the best option. See below.

e.g.

3) In each project configuration declare a unique compilation symbol and use that in code for conditional compilation (not recommended).