Comments on: Visual Studio Projects, and Multiple Environments http://jon.netdork.net/2008/10/08/visual-studio-projects-and-multiple-environments?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visual-studio-projects-and-multiple-environments The Usual Stuff... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Perry http://jon.netdork.net/2008/10/08/visual-studio-projects-and-multiple-environments/comment-page-1#comment-743 Perry Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:19:15 +0000 http://jon.netdork.net/?p=374#comment-743 <p>So, I'm pretty much doing the same thing on a project I am working on. The pattern is common. Create a file for each environment (LocalDev.web.config) and use a pre build step to rename the file and copy it to the root of the site. The problem is that the web.config is under TFS source control and is read-only. You mention this fact in this post and say that you get around it by copying it to the web project's output dir. Which is the bin directory.</p> <p>That can't be right, can it? I thought the web.config had to be in the root of the web site directory....</p> So, I’m pretty much doing the same thing on a project I am working on. The pattern is common. Create a file for each environment (LocalDev.web.config) and use a pre build step to rename the file and copy it to the root of the site. The problem is that the web.config is under TFS source control and is read-only. You mention this fact in this post and say that you get around it by copying it to the web project’s output dir. Which is the bin directory.

That can’t be right, can it? I thought the web.config had to be in the root of the web site directory….

]]> By: MSBuild, and Evaluating ItemGroups | The Geekery http://jon.netdork.net/2008/10/08/visual-studio-projects-and-multiple-environments/comment-page-1#comment-728 MSBuild, and Evaluating ItemGroups | The Geekery Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:40:11 +0000 http://jon.netdork.net/?p=374#comment-728 <p>[...] of the things I’ve been working on, is building packages for releases. As I mentioned previously, I’ve started using MSBuild Community Tasks. It adds a very handy “Zip” task to [...]</p> [...] of the things I’ve been working on, is building packages for releases. As I mentioned previously, I’ve started using MSBuild Community Tasks. It adds a very handy “Zip” task to [...]

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