Question

Is there any way to transform web.config custom sections values when using MSDeploy ?

  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="myGroup">
      <section name="data" type="MyApp.DataConfigurationSection, MyApp.Data" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  <myGroup>
    <data interval="3" useCache="true" />
  </myGroup>

According to build configuration i need for exemple to change “useCache” value.

Answer 1

Write transformation in config transformation file (web.config.release)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
  <myGroup>
    <data useCache="false" xdt:Transform="SetAttributes(useCache)" />
  </myGroup>
</configuration>