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Asked: 2026-05-20T01:30:00+00:00

Can I use the config transforms mechanism of MSDeploy to transform other files?

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Can I use the config transforms mechanism of MSDeploy to transform other files?

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  1. Editorial Team

    (another approach)

    The msdeploy packaging is jsut invoked during an MSbuild run for your project.

    TransformXml is an included task of a .csproj or .vsproj build.

    Just modify your build process to invoke that task on whatever file you need.

    For example, what we do is write a custom target

    <Target Name="TransformFile">

    <TransformXml Source="$(DestinationPath)\$(Sourcefile)" 
       Transform="$(DestinationPath)\$(TransformFile)" 
       Destination="$(DestinationPath)\$(DestFile)" />
    </Target>

    Then modify your .csproj to run this BEFORE the Publish task is invoked.

    <CallTarget Targets="TransformFile" 
   Condition="'$(CustomTransforms)'=='true'" />
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