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Loofer
Loofer

Reputation: 6973

Can I update non-xml config files using msbuild?

I have a config file which has an old stylee format (no xml)

dbpath=C:\Program Files\Mongodb\Data\Db
journal=true
smallfiles=true

Depending on the system I am releasing too I want to update and change the values after the =

Is this possible with MSbuild? Can you show me how?

I know how to do this using xml poke for xml config files.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 244

Answers (3)

James Woolfenden
James Woolfenden

Reputation: 6681

You could set up a template system and use the detokenise from the msbuild extension pack. See the Documentation here:http://www.msbuildextensionpack.com/help/4.0.6.0/Index.html

That would mean you wouldn't have to write custom targets like above all the time

So youd have:

 <ItemGroup>
      <Transforms Include="$(ReleasePath)\Yourtemplates\**"/>
    </ItemGroup>


    <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.Detokenise
      TaskAction="Detokenise"
      TargetFiles="%(Transforms.FullPath)"/>

Upvotes: 1

Lex Li
Lex Li

Reputation: 63299

Write your own MSBuild task,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t9883dzc(v=VS.90).aspx

And then reference it in your MSBuild scripts.

Upvotes: 1

Loofer
Loofer

Reputation: 6973

Nothing like asking a question to help you answer it!

I am going to do this

<Target Name="UpdateConfig">
    <CreateProperty Value="..\config.cfg">
         <Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="path" />
    </CreateProperty>

    <Message Text="LogFilePath=$(LogFilePath)"/>

    <FileUpdate Files="$(path)"
        Regex="logpath=.*"
        ReplacementText="logpath=$(LogFilePath)" />
</Target>

It is not what I would call elegant but I don't find much about msbuild that is!

Got a better suggestion?

Upvotes: 1

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