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What is SlowCheetah?
This package allows you to automatically transform your app. config (or any file) when you press F5 in Visual Studio. You can have different transformations based on the build configuration. This will enable you to easily have different app settings, connection strings, etc for Debug versus Release.
How do you enable Add Config Transform?
To make the option “add config transform” available follow these steps:
- Make sure you have enabled to Show Hidden Files.
- Open configuration manager for the Solution.
- Pick the relevant Solution config, then in the dropdown next to your project pick or and add, remove or edit what Project configs you want.
What does Xdt mean?
XDT
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| XDT | XML (Extensible Markup Language) Document Transform (Microsoft) |
| XDT | Delayed Detonation |
| XDT | Experience Design Team (various companies) |
| XDT | eXtensible Data Types (XML-based extensible type definition protocol) |
How does web config transform work?
A Web. config transformation file contains XML markup that specifies how to change the Web. config file when it is deployed. You can specify different changes for specific build configurations and for specific publish profiles.
How do I enable transformations on build in Visual Studio?
Enable-Transformations.md
- Unload the project.
- Edit .csproj.
- Append figure 1 to the end of the file just before ; v12.0 my change depending on your version of Visual Studio.
- Save .csproj and reload.
- Open configuration manager.
- Add a new Configuration Name: Base.
- Copy the contents of your web.config.
What does Xdt stand for Lowes?
Daily interactions will include coordination between the XDT (Cross Dock Terminal), 3PL delivery, Bulk Distribution Centers (BDCs), and Lowe\’s stores.
What file formats are supported by SlowCheetah?
SlowCheetah supports transformations for XML files, specified by XDT and for JSON files, specified by JDT. Transform files created by the extension follow these formats. Perform transformations of XML and JSON files on build per configuration and publish profiles. Quickly add and preview transformations to a file in the project.
Does SlowCheetah support build-time transformations?
As of version 3.0.61, build-time transformations are handled by the SlowCheetah Nuget package. This means that all projects that support Nuget can now use SlowCheetah. If you need some help please do not post in the QA here, instead use these methods. For new features or bug reports, please create an entry on our GitHub page .
Can I use SlowCheetah with NuGet?
This means that all projects that support Nuget can now use SlowCheetah. If you need some help please do not post in the QA here, instead use these methods. For new features or bug reports, please create an entry on our GitHub page .
Where does SlowCheetah install to?
All the functionality is installed to %LOCALAPPDATA%\\Microsoft\\MSBuild\\SlowCheetah\\v1\\ and lives in a standard MSBuild .targets file. You don’t even need the plugin if you are installing this on a build server, just copy the files or even check them in with your source and refer to them in your project or MSBuild files.
