VSTemplate create dynamic number of projects

Question

I am trying to create dynamic number of projects during Visual Studio Project template (vstemplate) runs:

<TemplateContent>
    <ProjectCollection>
      <SolutionFolder Name="Setup1">
        <ProjectTemplateLink ProjectName="Setup1">
          ProjectTemplates\Setup\Setup.vstemplate
        </ProjectTemplateLink>
      </SolutionFolder>
    </ProjectCollection>
   </TemplateContent>

Can I somehow introduce variable to create n number of projects to be created?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '16 at 11:09

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The only way I found is to use EnvDTE object to create projects from temlate using Solution.AddFromTemplate method.

answered Feb 24 '16 at 11:09

Alex

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 05:12

The only way to do this is with a custom IWizard associated with your template, and use AddFromTemplate as Alex suggested. The trick is to call AddFromTemplate after the initial project is generated. I wrote and posted an example of this in The VSX Template Wizard blog entry. And the source is posted here.

VSTemplate create dynamic number of projects

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