How to get rid of “$(ReplacableToken…)” in web.config completely

Question

I am creating a publishable package and when I navigate to obj\\Debug\\Package\\PackageTmp directory, I am seeing the web.config\'s connection string is replaced by

Answer 1

I had to add the following in the Release condition section of my Project.csproj file:

<InsertAdditionalWebCofigConnectionStrings>False</InsertAdditionalWebCofigConnectionStrings>

Answer 2

You have to edit your .csproj file and in the Debug PropertyGroup you'll have to add the following:

<AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>False</AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>

I have the following on Release and ReleaseCERT Configurations in my Project.csproj (I've only added the AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings line):

<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == '**Release**|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <!-- add the following line to avoid ConnectionString tokenization -->
    <AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>False</AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == '**ReleaseCERT**|AnyCPU'">
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <!-- add the following line to avoid ConnectionString tokenization -->
    <AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>False</AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>
</PropertyGroup>

Answer 3

I had to do what the accepted answer said, but instead in the Properties/PublishProfiles/__THEPROFILE__.pubxml file rather than the .csproj file.

(this may because I'm using VS2012?)

Answer 4

I had a similar issue when I was trying to create a web project package externally for a WiX setup according to the Travis Illig instructions. I solved it by adding the AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=False to the MSBuild/@Properties:

<MSBuild Projects="%(ProjectReference.FullPath)"
         Targets="Package"
         Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=AnyCPU;AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=False"
         Condition="'%(ProjectReference.WebProject)'=='True'"