Using CTT to modify config files for different environments

We previously tried to use msbuild to adjust configuration files for different environments.

Recently I found

C
onfig Transformation Tool(CTT) on CodePlex

and with

addition of global replace using powershell

it is enough and easier to do all required modifications




Content of ChangeConfig.cmd:

ctt s:..web.config t:WebConfig.CTT d:..web.config

powershell.exe -command “Get-Content ..Remoting.config | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace ‘//localhost/ServicesCI/’, ‘//ServerName01/ServicesCI/’ } | Set-Content ..remoting.temp”

powershell.exe -command “copy  ..remoting.temp ..remoting.config”

ctt s:..EnterpriseLibraryLogging.config t:EnterpriseLibraryLogging.CTT d:..EnterpriseLibraryLogging.config

@goto end

@rem some code that currently not used

:End

@pause







Content of example
WebConfig.CTT
:




<?
xml
version=”1.0″?>
<
configuration
xmlns:xdt=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform”>
<
appSettings
>
<
add
key=”ShowDeveloperExceptionInfo” value=”False” xdt:Transform=”Replace”  xdt:Locator=”Match(key)” />
</
appSettings
>
<
system.diagnostics
>
<
sharedListeners
>
<
add
name=”ServiceModelMessageLoggingListener” initializeData=”C:temptestCIcopy2.svclog”   xdt:Locator=”Match(name)” xdt:Transform=”SetAttributes(initializeData)”   />
</
sharedListeners
>
</
system.diagnostics
>
</
configuration
>




Extract from web.config –
sharedListeners section






 <
sharedListeners
>
       <
add
initializeData=”C:tempTEST.svclog” type=”System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089″ name=”ServiceModelMessageLoggingListener” traceOutputOptions=”Timestamp”>
       <
filter
type=”” />

     </
add
>
   </
sharedListeners
>v

Bookmarking for e-reading devices(Kindle and IPad)

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