>>I use app.config to hold connection data.
>>Switching servers during development is tedious.
>>Since I can't include comments in the app.config, I have to type all the credentials each time I switch.
>>I'd like some way of commenting/uncommenting credentials, dependng on the server or db I want to use.
>>Any ideas?
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>Couple of solutions here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8082662/how-to-select-different-app-config-for-several-build-configurations>
>Haven't tried SlowCheetah but seems to work in the same way as the built-in transforms in asp.net for web.config. If it does what it says on the tin I'd go with that.
>Next best is using the 'after-build' approach mentioned in the same post. Downside of that is that you need to keep the whole of each alternate app.config up to date which can be a pain to maintain......
Thank you, Viv.
The comments help a lot, but I'll look at Slow Cheetah
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