Visual Studio 2015 project template type

Question

I'm creating a project template and suffering placing it into a particular section in "New Project" window. I found a MyTemplate.vstemplate xml-like file inside the template folder and there is an entry 'ProjectType'. And that seems to be the right way to solve the problem just setting a proper value there, but I can't find all the list of available types. No problem placing the template into 'Visual C#' or 'Visual Basic' sections, but I would like to put in under 'Other Project Types' or 'Visual Studio Solutions'.

And the greatest achievement would be to setup the template along with an extension.

Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks

csproj content:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProjectGuid>{$guid1$}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>$safeprojectname$</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <StartupObject />
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="ModuleRegistry.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="App.config" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup />
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
  </Target>
  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
  </Target>
  -->
  <Target Name="TemplateProjectOutputGroup">
  </Target>
</Project>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '17 at 16:41

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It's not ProjectType that you should use for that.

Edit the csproj that contains the MyTemplate.vstemplate file and set the OutputSubPath value like this:

<VSTemplate Include="MyTemplate.vstemplate">
    <OutputSubPath>ELEVATION</OutputSubPath>
</VSTemplate>

answered Jul 06 '17 at 16:41

Hugo Quintela Ribeiro

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But there is no such entry as `VSTemplate` – Andrey Lyubimov Jul 07 '17 at 06:17
You need to add it. – Hugo Quintela Ribeiro Jul 07 '17 at 12:58
Then, where exactly? Under `` or deeper? And what value do I have to use to get in 'Visual Studio Solutions' section? – Andrey Lyubimov Jul 07 '17 at 14:43
Sorry but I don't understand. You don't have MyTemplate.vstemplate listed in your csproj file? If you do how is it listed? – Hugo Quintela Ribeiro Jul 09 '17 at 21:25
I'm sorry for misunderstanding. But `vstemplate` is not listed in the project file anywhere and you're proposing to add it. And I'm asking where exactly it should be added. – Andrey Lyubimov Jul 11 '17 at 07:11
Could you please put the csproj content as it is now? In the part that lists the MyTemplate.vstemplate file? – Hugo Quintela Ribeiro Jul 12 '17 at 19:40
Put it inside a . – Hugo Quintela Ribeiro Jul 13 '17 at 15:08

Visual Studio 2015 project template type

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