Escape Character in web.config transform

Question

I have a portion of XML in Web.QA.config that looks like this:

<net>
  <encryption>
    <add key="EncKey" value="stuff>stuff" xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(key)" />
  </encryption>
</net>

But when I run it through the transform, the > gets escaped and the output is:

<net>
  <encryption>
    <add key="EncKey" value="stuff&gt;stuff" />
  </encryption>
</net>

Is there something I can change such that the > will not be escaped? I'm adding transforms into a legacy application and that is the way the application is expecting the EncKey string.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are running MSBuild from the command line, you can add the parameter:

/p:AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=False