How can you use “external” configuration files (i.e. with configSource) with an MSTest unit test project?

Question

For simplicity, I generally split a lot of my configuration (i.e. the contents of app.config and web.config) out into separate .config files, and then reference them from the ma

Answer 1

1. write this in your connectionString. First ConnectionString.config is not exists.

   <"connectionStrings configSource="ConnectionString.config"> "

2. open command prompt (CMD) in administrator privileged.

3. Create a symbolic links with the name of ConnectionString.config at bin/debug folder.

C:\Windows\Systems32> mklink "C:\Link To Folder\....\ConnectionString.config" "C:\Users\Name\Original Folder\.....\...\Secure ConnectionString.config"

finally it creates ConnectionString configuration file at the specified location. and works successfully.