TFS 2010 build config transform problem

Question

I'm facing quite a problem while setting up automated TFS Builds. Basically I created new configuration called Tests, added transform config, defined different connection strings for the Database. Then defined TFS build, building whole solution with MSBuild arguments /p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:Configuration=Tests. The problem is that in the drop location (Build_PublishedWebsites\Project) I get web.config, web.debug.config, web.release.config and web.tests.config, however I would expect just one transformed web.config.

I already checked PDC presentation Web Deployment Painkillers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 & MS Deploy but didn't help.

Thanks for any answer.

Answer 1

Web.config transforms are part of the new Web Publishing Pipeline (WPP) in Visual Studio 2010.

During the build process the "CopyWebApplication" target is executed to copy the website to the _Websites folder on the build output directory. Due to backwards compatibility reasons, MSBuild uses the "old" (VS2008) copy behavior by default and not the new WPP system.

To opt-in to using WPP, set the following MSBuild properties:

/p:UseWPP_CopyWebApplication=True
/p:PipelineDependsOnBuild=False