Tag:code-generation

All the articles with the tag "code-generation".

• T4 Assembly references for Design-time templates

  27 Sep, 2012

  Common patterns for referencing assemblies in T4 design-time templates using GAC paths, absolute paths, and MSBuild variables.

• T4 Design-Time templates base class

  27 Sep, 2012

  How to create a shared custom base class for T4 design-time templates by extending TextTransformation, with a working example.

• T4 Runtime Template and code-behind logic

  27 Sep, 2012

  How to add a code-behind partial class to a T4 runtime template by manually editing the csproj file, with a Visual Studio add-in.

• T4 Templates and Null in Expression block

  27 Sep, 2012

  T4 templates throw ArgumentNullException on null expression blocks; fix by overriding ToStringWithCulture in the base class.

• T4 Runtime Templates Base Class

  26 Sep, 2012

  Demonstrates extracting T4 runtime template auto-generated base class into a shared reusable C# base class for all templates.

• T4 Syntax

  26 Sep, 2012

  Overview of T4 template syntax including directives, text blocks, control blocks, expression blocks, and class feature blocks.

• Developing Custom Tool (aka Single File Generators) for Visual Studio 2012

  25 Sep, 2012

  Step-by-step guide to creating and registering a COM-visible Single File Generator custom tool for Visual Studio 2012.

• T4 blog section

  24 Sep, 2012

  Introduction to the T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) blog series covering code generation in Visual Studio.