How Can I Stop the Enterprise Library Configuration Tool from Inserting an Absolute Path in the Environment Configuration File field?

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I'm trying to learn/use the Enterprise Library 5.0 Configuration tool and it seems like it would work perfectly with a few minor exceptions. The problem I am currently having is when it comes to working with different environments. We have 3 environments for one of our web sites, so I can create the 3 different environments within the configuration tool and I can set up the delta files and which properties to overwrite and when.

Initial setup of Enterprise Library Configuration Environments

All is well until I Export Merged Environment Configuration File. When I do this, it creates the file as intended, however it changes the Environment Configuration File field to now include the absolute path.

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Also, the delta file now contains a reference to the absolute path.

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We use source control (VSTS) - so absolute paths are no good. Our build process consists of creating branches and then merging the code back into a root. We can't have absolute paths when the branches are created by different team members having their code in a different local folder structure.

Is there any way to stop the absolute path from automatically being added? Or any other suggestions?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '12 at 20:33

My research indicates that there does not seem to be a way to make the GUI tool not override the Environment Configuration File value. The solution I am going with is to use the command line tool provided when installing the Enterprise Library. The command line tool is MergeConfiguration.exe.

How Can I Stop the Enterprise Library Configuration Tool from Inserting an Absolute Path in the Environment Configuration File field?

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