XML-document-Transform is a namespace (http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform) used to transform web.config files in .Net. Use this tag for questions relating to the usage of the XML-document-Transform transformations
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Web.Config transforms outside of Microsoft MSBuild?
Is it possible to use Microsoft's XML document transform, for preparing web.configs, outside of MSBuild? I would like to use PowerShell to do these transform without having to run this through the MSBuild engine. If Microsoft had used standard XSLT…

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Why am I receiving the required attribute 'name' is missing warning in my Web.Release.config XML-Document-Transform file?
I'm trying to remove all service endpoint mexHttpBinding nodes in my Web.Release.config file.
I found this answer:
(I copied from my code file, so it's actually formatted differently than the answer )

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Using Microsoft's xml document transform to transform web.config is adding unwanted whitespace
I'm using an XML-Document-Transform to transform my web.config file for deployment to a staging server. Unfortunately it isn't transforming exactly as specified and is adding some whitespace to an element's text. This whitespace is then being…

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Has the XML-Document-Transform xmlns URL changed?
In your Web.Release.config or Web.Debug.config, right after ...
you see ...
When I browse to this URL, I receive the following…

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windsor.xml file of a website does not transform on CI server
My solution has a webproject and windows services.
website has a web.config and a windsor.xml and the service has a app.config and a windsor.xml file,which changes for each environment (Test,UAT,LIVE).
I can preview the transform locally on my PC…

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How would I remove Elmah modules from web.config using XML-Document-Transform?
In other words, in the following web.config xml, I want to remove all elements with a type attribute that starts with 'Elmah.'

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Java Doc Transformer re-arranging xml
In java I have read an xml file, add an attribue and value and write and xml back to a file.
The problem I am running into is that the doc transformer is re-arranging my xml.
Example:
Original

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Transform file to replace the whole parent node based on the text value of the child node - XML Transform
I need to identify the text value of the child node element.
Purpose:
I want to create Transform file for an XML file so i need to replace the parent node Connection by comparing the value of the child node ClientKey
My XML File:
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Preview Transform no longer working for Web.Config after Visual Studio 2017 Update
I had noticed after updating my Visual Studio 2017 to version 15.8.0 the Option to Preview Transformation is no longer working.
1) Here I am attempting to change it to our QA.config
2) Once I click on it after the update, I am receiving the…

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Replacing entire node using web.config transforms resulting in error
I can't quite figure out what I'm doing wrong here. I have a node in a web config:
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How can you add a transform in a visual studio web project?
I've created a new ASP.NET web project, that doesn't have a *.csproj file, but rather needs a website.publishproj to be published. The default project has a Web.Debug.config file that can be used for transforms.
How can I create a…

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