For questions regarding working with project templates in an IDE, such as those visible in Visual Studio's New Project dialog.
Questions tagged [project-template]
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Visual Studio 2017 c++ win32 console project template
I am on Visual Studio Community 2017 v. 15.3.1 and I can't seem to find Win32 console application or Win32 project. Still have empty c++ project template and Windows Console Application template.
On the start page, I still have win 32 console…

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How to include 'Solution Items' files in multi-project solution template
I am trying to create a multi-project solution template for Visual Studio 2019. I can successfuly add multiple project in multiple folders.
As a next step, I would like to add local files to the root of the solution or even in folders such as…

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Visual Studio multi-project templates rename namespaces and project names
I've successfully created a multi-project solution template. What I would like to do, however, is to rename the beginning of each project with the name of the solution.
So my projects:
ProjectOne.A
ProjectTwo.B
Would be renamed to…

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How can I create a Visual Studio project template that shows up in the Web category?
I have created a project template that is installed via a VSIX extension. This is working fine, but it only shows up in the Visual C# category. I am having a lot of trouble figuring out how to get it to show up in the Visual C# > Web category.
I…

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Getting "STG_E_FILENOTFOUND" when creating project using project template wizard
I am trying to create a VSIX project for creating multi-project template using Wizard but I am getting exception on
this.dte.Solution.AddFromTemplate(Path.Combine(this.templateDirectory, "WebTemplate\\UI.vstemplate"),…

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How do I create a WCF Service Library project in Visual Studio 2017?
I need to develop an application for my distributed computing class, with one central server and multiple graphical clients. I was thinking of trying WCF for this, since I am already familiar with making .NET standalone desktop applications using…

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Updating XCode project template details
Previously all file headers were being displayed as follows.
// Created by ABC_User_Name on 10/31/11.
I have modified user name from ABC_User_Name to XYZ_User_Name.
Now, even after logging out & logging in again, I am finding the same headers in…

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What does Apple use for XCode 4 template generation?
Xcode 4 completely changed the (project) template system. There's a lot more you can do now, but it comes at a price. Take a look in the TemplateInfo.plist files scattered around your…

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Installing custom template from local nupkg contains additional files
I'm successfully creating and installing a custom project template using the pretty good instructions here. The template is installed successfully, however, when I create a new project based on this template the resulting folder contains three…

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How to reload project in VS with Target command before build
I am looking for a way to Reload a project OR all projects inside the Solution, with Target node , which is in pre-build events node of .csproj file
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installing asp.mvc 2 beta nunit project templates untrusted component error
I've been trying to get nunit 2.5 to work with mvc 2 (VS2008) after following some guides and updating registries. I though I was done. I can select nunit when choosing my testing frame work but there is no test project created. When I create a new…

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How do I add Same Solution Project References when exporting Templates in Visual Studio?
I have a solution that contains several projects, lets call them ProjectA and ProjectB. I need ProjectA to have a reference to ProjectB, however when I "Export Template" I can't seem to keep the reference. What I am trying to do is to have it create…

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How do I use a relative import in a csproj template?
I've create a project template which contains a csproj which contains an Import pointing to a project file where I list all the third party project locations. I'm always using this project template to create projects in the same relative…

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Changing namespace of the WPF Project Template
When I modify the xaml's cs's I will have to go in and manually modify the corresponding *.g.cs file. And it seems to get overwritten every time I rebuild.
So my question is, what is the proper way to change the namespace on a WPF application that…

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VS template parameters: Get partial project name
I have a multi-project solution template.
I've created it using this guide.
My solution is generating multi-platform projects with a central shared project:
MyProject.Shared
MyProject.UWP
MyProject.Droid
etc.
The problem is that when I use…

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