Passing a variable value to my web.config

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Hi,


how to pass/poke a variable to my webconfig.

ex: After MSbuild i would like to pass the revision or changeset to my web.config, so that my application can read it from the web.config and display it on the application page.




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You have two options for updating a value in web.config file


1. If you have FinalBuilder, it includes several xml actions that you can use to change the correct value in the web.config file. You can create a FinalBuilder script that is solely responsible for updating the correct value in the web.config file.

2. Use the powershell action to change the selected value in the web.config. Create a powershell script that takes a parameter (ie. the revision number) and injects it into your web.config. For the powershell action, the Script arguments should look something like this: myRevisionNo=%myRevisionNo%

Check out this page for more information regarding injecting values into web.configs

http://archive.arcware.net/2008/12/...owershell/