How can I use Web.debug.config in the built-in visual studio debugger server?

Question

How can I merge and make use of Web.debug.config in visual studio 2010 built-in debugger?

Answer 1

I know this is old, but I'm facing the same problem. We have Test, Staging, Live configs that replace endpoints, connection strings etc. from the default Web.config

However I would do the following:

• Right click on the desired transform config (e.g. Web.Live.config)
• Click on "Preview Transform"
• Copy everything from right (it's how the Web.config looks with the transformation)
  • CTRL+A + CTRL+C
• Open Web.config file (default one)
• Select everything (CTRL+A) and paste it in (CTRL+V)
• Run

It's not that many steps and is done pretty quickly when you get a hang of it. Hope this helps. :)