Web.Config transforms outside of Microsoft MSBuild?

Question

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

Answer 1

Based on Michel's answer I wrote a C# function that will accomplish the same.

Of course you could invoke the resultant DLL with PowerShell, but I was actually looking for a fully programatic version, so here it is, in case anybody else is looking for similar solution:

using Microsoft.Web.XmlTransform;

...

public static void TransformConfig(string configFileName, string transformFileName)
{
     var document = new XmlTransformableDocument();
     document.PreserveWhitespace = true;
     document.Load(configFileName);

     var transformation = new XmlTransformation(transformFileName);
     if (!transformation.Apply(document))
     {
         throw new Exception("Transformation Failed");
     }
     document.Save(configFileName);
}

You will just need to include reference to following:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.XmlTransform.dll