Setting Environment Variables in Visual Studio Launch Settings Using Host Environment Variable

Question

We have a need to do something like the following with environment variables in our launchSettings.json file:

"SOME_ENV": "${env.SOME_HOST_ENV}/someVal"

When I get the environment variable at runtime, I get SOME_ENV = "${env.SOME_HOST_ENV}/someVal". Is this something that is possible with Visual Studio 2019 in a launchSettings.json file?

Answer 1

Hello @cw ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I think this is not possible.

Not sure what you need, but maybe as a workaround, is it possible for you to get the host environment variable first in launchSettings.json file and then combine them in the codes to get some/other variables?

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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