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Custom Templating Library

Fri, 15 May 2009 06:01:41 GMT

This article presents the Custom Templates Library. This library provides easy access to the text transformation features of T4 from within custom applications.

Template based code generation with T4 from custom applications.

Fri, 15 May 2009 06:00:58 GMT

Generate source code from custom applications by using the Text Template Transformation Toolkit of VS 2008.

How to modify the T4 templates used by Sharp Architecture

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:16:02 GMT

Taking a look at how you can modify the T4 templates which are used to change the default generation behavior of Sharp Architecture

T4 Templates: A Quick-Start Guide for ASP.NET MVC Developers

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:31:23 GMT

"As mentioned in our recent blog post on the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate, our code-generation features (namely, Add Controller and Add View) now use the T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) templating technology behind the scenes. Because users can customize the templates to a great extent, we wanted to make a post to bring everyone up to speed on T4."

Using T4 Command-Line Parameters - Generating NHibernate Magic Strings

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:08:25 GMT

Describes how to use T4 (TextTransform) command line parameters (in this case to generate the 'magic strings' used by NHibernate ICriteria queries).

T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation - Best Kept

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:16:17 GMT

Very handy stuff indeed

Creating complex code generators

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:36:56 GMT

This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

Creating reusable code generation templates

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:19:28 GMT

Debugging Code Generation Files

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:18:31 GMT

Troubleshooting Code Generation Errors

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:57:06 GMT

Creating your first code generator

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:56:16 GMT

This is the first post in a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

Extending T4: <#@ xsd #> directive

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:33:46 GMT

This article describes a custom T4 directive processor for converting XML schema definitions into .NET classes, which allows using strongly-typed code to extract information from various XML files. In particular, this simplifies creating custom T4 code generation templates for LINQ to SQL .dbml files and ADO.NET Entity Framework .edmx files. The article includes links to ready to use xsd directive processor and sample source code.

T4 template for generating SQL view from C# enumeration

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:15:23 GMT

Database tables often contain columns that store "codes", or values with special meaning. In application code, these special values can be encapsulated as enumerations. This article demonstrates how to use T4 code generation templates and Visual Studio CodeModel API to generate SQL views that encapsulate the special values for use in SQL code.

Test runner for T4 unit tests

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:15 GMT

This post shows how to create unit tests that run during T4 template transformation. This approach allows creating automated tests for template code that relies on specific capabilities of a T4 host, such as access to Visual Studio extensibility APIs. The post includes a ready to use test runner for T4 unit tests.

T4 Architecture

Mon, 19 May 2008 03:56:21 GMT

This article provides an in-depth look at the architecture of T4 template transformation process, discusses some constraints that limit template design, describes techniques that can be used to work around these limitations and points out some (sometimes undocumented) mechanisms for making your T4 templates more powerful.

T4 Template Design

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:31:49 GMT

This article discusses design challenges developers face as complexity of their T4 templates increases; defines qualities of a reusable T4 templates; discusses techniques that can be used to achieve these qualities and compares their pros and cons.

How to generate multiple outputs from single T4 template

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:32:09 GMT

For some code generation tasks, like generating SELECT stored procedures based on indexes of a given database table, number of output artifacts may not be known upfront. Because T4 was designed to generate a single output file from one template file, developers are forced to generate multiple code artifacts in the same source file. This conflicts with the widely used practice of using one source file per code artifact. This article demonstrates how to work around this limitation of T4, generate multiple files from a single template and automatically add them to a Visual Studio project.

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:33:58 GMT

Very good article on how to use T4 to generate strongly typed class for AzMan instead of accessing it using security application block

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:33:58 GMT

Very good article on how to use T4 to generate strongly typed class for AzMan instead of accessing it using security application block

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:46:51 GMT

This post links to all "How to" articles of Text Template Transformation Toolkit, on MSDN.

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:46:51 GMT

This post links to all "How to" articles of Text Template Transformation Toolkit, on MSDN.

T4 - Built In Directives

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:40:19 GMT

Details on Built-In Directives of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 - Built In Directives

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:40:19 GMT

Details on Built-In Directives of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 How-to video and Visual Studio project items

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:34:56 GMT

Hilton Giesenow posted a link to the new MSDN how-to video about creating T4 templates and several ready-to-use project item templates that make T4 items available in the Add New Item dialog box of Visual Studio.

Auto generate release scripts for web application using T4 template

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:40:54 GMT

Automatic Generation of release version of javascript files using AjaxControlToolkit's JavascripCommentStripper.dll and T4 templates

DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with T4

Custom Templating Library

Template based code generation with T4 from custom applications.

How to modify the T4 templates used by Sharp Architecture

T4 Templates: A Quick-Start Guide for ASP.NET MVC Developers

Using T4 Command-Line Parameters - Generating NHibernate Magic Strings

T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) Code Generation - Best Kept

Creating complex code generators

Creating reusable code generation templates

Debugging Code Generation Files

Troubleshooting Code Generation Errors

Creating your first code generator

Extending T4: &lt;#@ xsd #&gt; directive

T4 template for generating SQL view from C# enumeration

Test runner for T4 unit tests

T4 Architecture

T4 Template Design

How to generate multiple outputs from single T4 template

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

How to use T4 to generate strongly-typed AzMan wrapper

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

Links to How To of Text Template Transformation Engine

T4 - Built In Directives

T4 - Built In Directives

T4 How-to video and Visual Studio project items

Auto generate release scripts for web application using T4 template

Extending T4: <#@ xsd #> directive