DevForce Community Forum : Web.config transformation http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; DevForce Community Forum : DevForce 2010 : Web.config transformation Wed, 13 May 2026 22:45:59 -700 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:06:39 -700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.ideablade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2805 DevForce Community Forum http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_images/IdeaBlade_logo_tm.png http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ Web.config transformation : I was just messing around... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11464#11464 Author: mgood
Subject: 2805
Posted: 18-Aug-2011 at 3:06pm

I was just messing around with this when I came across this post and thought I add my 2 cents.
 
The Web.config transformation files need to use the correct namespace for the ideablade section. So, if you have this in your web.config for example:
 
	<ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns=http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig>		<edmKeys>			<!-- Security EDM Key -->			<edmKey name="Security" connection="..." />
		</edmKeys>	</ideablade.configuration>
 
And say you want to replace the connection string in that edmKey, the transformation file would look like this:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">    <ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns=http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig>     <edmKeys>      <edmKey name="Security"                  connection="..."
                 xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" />     </edmKeys>  </ideablade.configuration>  </configuration>
 
This transformation works when you actually build the deployment package, but IntelliSense complains about xdt:Transform and xdt:Locator not being defined. At this point it looks like a bug in IntelliSense. As I said the transformations do actually work.
 
 
]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:06:39 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11464#11464 Web.config transformation : I found the problem, and it seems... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11199#11199 Author: robertg
Subject: 2805
Posted: 07-Jul-2011 at 3:01pm

I found the problem, and it seems to be with the version and xmlns statements in the config file. When I remove them, and have sections that look like this, the transformation works:

 
From my Web.Config:

<ideablade.configuration>
    <objectServer serviceName="EntityService.svc" remoteBaseURL="http://www.oldserveraddress.com/" />
</ideablade.configuration>

 
From my Web.Release.Config:
 
<ideablade.configuration>
    <objectServer serviceName="EntityService.svc"
        remoteBaseURL=http://www.newserveraddress.com/
        xdt:Transform="SetAttributes()" xdt:Locator="Match(serviceName)"/>
</ideablade.configuration>

 
We'll open a defect to try to determine why the transformation won't work when the xmlns is declared, but in the meanwhile, this seems to be the way to do it.


Edited by robertg - 07-Jul-2011 at 3:04pm]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:01:40 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11199#11199 Web.config transformation : Oh, I see! I&#039;m reading the... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11198#11198 Author: robertg
Subject: 2805
Posted: 07-Jul-2011 at 12:21pm

Oh, I see! I'm reading the MSDN documentation on this right now, and it turns out that the Locator is optional anyway (who knew?), so I think we can simplify things by leaving it out. Also, it looks like since you just want to replace one attribute, we probably want to use the appropriate declaration, rather than trying to replace the entire object.
 
So, I think we could try something like this:
 
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
    <ideablade.configuration>
        <objectServer 
            remoteBaseURL="http://www.newserveraddress.com/"
            xdt:Transform="SetAttributes(remoteBaseUrl)">
            />
    </ideablade.configuration>
</configuration>
 
That way, we should be specifying that we want to transform the remoteBaseUrl property of ideablade.configuration.objectserver, and leaving everything else as it is.
 
 
Edit: Testing, and this doesn't work as expected. I'm mucking with it now and will post when it does work.


Edited by robertg - 07-Jul-2011 at 12:35pm]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:21:23 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11198#11198 Web.config transformation : Yes, sorry, when I was trying... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11197#11197 Author: scottarlp
Subject: 2805
Posted: 07-Jul-2011 at 11:49am

Yes, sorry, when I was trying to copy/paste and protect the innocent, I accidently left that out of my example config. I'm kind of amazed that given VS2010 being out for a while and this built in studio feature being a god send for deployment that IB hasn't shown something about it somewhere. I'm no pro on all the XML tag definitions, so I'm not sure what to even google for IB's custom XML section and how it interfaces with another section (the transformation).
 
 
]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:49:44 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11197#11197 Web.config transformation : I&#039;m no expert in this, but... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11196#11196 Author: robertg
Subject: 2805
Posted: 07-Jul-2011 at 11:41am

I'm no expert in this, but doesn't your locator declaration  need to be something like xdt:Locator="Match(serviceName)" />?]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:41:39 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11196#11196 Web.config transformation : Does anyone have an example... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2805&PID=11149#11149 Author: scottarlp
Subject: 2805
Posted: 30-Jun-2011 at 1:23pm

Does anyone have an example of the transformation of the web.config for the objectServer? I can transform elements of the config except for the IdeaBlade section. It has something to do with the custom section name, but I can't figure out a syntax to make it work. The xdt: elements are unknown within the ideablade section.
 
Example web.config (shortened). Here's the original.

<configuration>
<section name="ideablade.configuration" type="IdeaBlade.Core.Configuration.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Core" />
</configSections>

<ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">
<objectServer serviceName="EntityService.svc" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="80">
<clientSettings isDistributed="true" />
</objectServer>
</ideablade.configuration>

</configuration>

Then I want to do a transformation basically to change the remoteBaseURL when I publish.

<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
<configSections>
<section name="ideablade.configuration" type="IdeaBlade.Core.Configuration.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Core"/>
</configSections>

<ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">
<objectServer serviceName="EntityService.svc" remoteBaseURL="http://server" serverPort="80"
xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:"Match(serviceName)">
<clientSettings isDistributed="true" />
</objectServer>
</ideablade.configuration>

</configuration>

 

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