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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Execute PowerShell script from custom project template
I am currently creating a project template and I was wondering if it would be possible to execute a PowerShell script after the project has been created (similar to the install.ps1 in NuGet packages).
Any chance to do this without implementing my…

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Visual Studio Project Template and Private Assembly Referencing
I noticed someone else asked a similar, if not exactly the same, question before, but the answer to it didn't help (me, anyway).
I have a project that I'm building a template from. When I go to reference an assembly in the Program Files, the…

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XCode project template with custom framework
I am trying to create project template in XCode 4.3.2 that will include custom framework. I want to include QuincyKit.framework to my project template to enable crash reporting. Is there way how to do it?

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Should NuGet.VisualStudio.Interop.dll be in the GAC to use it as a wizard?
I am creating a project template. I would like to have it auto install unity and prism via NuGet.
I read here how to do that. I setup my vstemplate file like that page indicates:
NuGet.VisualStudio.Interop,…

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Editing "testproject.zip" to stop "UnitTest1.cs" being created
I've been modifying the VS2010 item and project templates so each time we do a "new project" or "new item" we get it created in a format that works for us. This is all working fine; if we create a new class library we get it with the references…

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How could I specify a conditional compilation symbol within a MonoDevelop 2.8 project template (.xpt.xml)?
Something similar to (picked from a .csproj)
DEBUG; ANDROID

Marcos Cobeña Morián
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Multiproject Template - Adding solution folder and assemblies in a solution
I am able to create a multiple project using vstemplate and using IWizard to implement project name name conversion but I cannot able to add a solution folder and assemblies into it in RunCompleted method of IWizard. I am using Visual Studio 2010…

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How to enable "Additional Information" window in Visual Studio 2022 during creating a new project from a custom template
I create a VSIX package which contains a project template.
The VSIX package compiles and installs as a Visual Studio 2022 extension without any issues.
Also, it appears as one of the templates when the new project is created:
The main problem is…

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Create C# Project Templates in Visual Studio 2022 (.NET6)
I have VS 2022 with dotnet 6. I want to create custom project templates.
How do I package it, so that my peers can just use it in their machine ?
(I tried VSIX but I think it does not support dotnet 6 yet)
Also, I want to use custom variables. e.g.…

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How to stop Visual Studio from including x86 target in new projects
I remember when VS templates only included x86 targets and you had to add an x64 target manually. Now it generates both. Now I would like the reverse; x64 target generated and add x86 if needed. It's easy to delete the x86 configuration, but hey, I…

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Delete project template in Rider
The picture is pretty explanatory, I am trying to remove the project template from the "Other" category, but I cannot locate any useful setting/configuration anywhere. The places I have looked into are…

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Xcode 4 project template adds extra folder
When I make a new project with xc4 I don't want it to create a folder with the same name as the project. I want the source files associated with a project template to get copied into several other folders that sit next to the project.
In the…

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How to add folder reference in XCode 4 Project Template
i have some problems about adding folder reference in xcode 4 project template, i just can add Groups and Sub Groups to project. does anyone successed doing this? please share here..
here's the code that i use to add…

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Visual Studio custom project template - applicationUrl port number
Is there any way to add an available random port number for the applicationUrl for a project created from a custom VisualStudio template?
I have created a VS project template for .NET Core projects and have added some placeholder parameters such as…

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How to pass custom parameter a value
I developed an item template whos's located in:
C:....\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ItemTemplates
On my code i'm using AddFromTemplate() method to load my item template. The item template has a $CustomParameter$ but i dont want to pass…

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