shibayan/IISManager

Make the XDT editable

davidebbo opened this issue · 3 comments

davidebbo commented

Currently, the config is editable, and the xdt gets generated and is read-only. Now, for extra flexibility, consider the possibility of making both sides editable. e.g.

  • User starts on config file, and makes some changes
  • They switch to XDT tab, and you calculate the XDT (no change from today)
  • Now let's say they tweak the XDT directly. The minute this happens, you start treating the XDT as the 'master data', even if they don't save it
  • They switch back to the Config tab. Now you just need to apply the XDT to the base config. It's the same thing that you already do in GetCurrentConfig(), except that the XDT may not be saved, so you have to pass it (similar to what you do now for GenerateXdt(), except the reverse).

Conceptually, the two transforms are:

  • When switching to XDT tab: XDT=CONFIG-BASE (FatAntelope)
  • When switching to CONFIG tab: CONFIG=BASE+XDT (regular XDT transform engine)

This opens some interesting user scenarios. e.g. maybe user wants to start from an XDT sample, but then make additional tweaks directly to the config. So you get to edit whichever side is more convenient, and it works in both cases.

shibayan commented

That's right! I also began a modified using the XDT sample. It's a great improvement idea!
Enable editing in the XDT editor tab :)

shibayan commented

@davidebbo I released IIS Manager 1.0.3 in Site Extension Gallery
This version include XDT editable feature. It can add a XDT samples easily. 😄

Thank you for a very great idea!

davidebbo commented

Well done, it works very well! This is an awesome extension.