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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How to set the value of a $CustomParameter$ in code?
I´m developing a project template and i need a custom parameter, but i dont know how to set it a value in my code instead vstemplate file:
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Registry key file is not found for Android SDK Tools in VS2017 15.8 Preview 1.1
In Previous Visual Studio stable versions, registry key file for Android SDK Tools were shipped under the following location.
Location: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Android SDK Tools
But in VS2017 Preview 15.8 Preview 1.1…

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VS2015 Express & VS2017: Document cannot be opened: It has renamed, deleted or moved
Hey I know people have started forums already concerning this problem.
I'm trying to create a SFML project template in VS2015 Express (I've also tried it in VS2017). I've followed many guides and answers to this problem on here, MSDN forums and…

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Adding references in Visual Studio project template?
I'm creating a multi-project template for VS2015 where one of the created projects references the other. How do I add the reference using the template?
If I add the reference using the VS GUI it will add the following to the .vcxproj…

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In custom Project Template with Visual Studio 2017 Community - error "The document cannot be opened. It has been renamed, deleted or moved"
I try to create a custom project template in VS 2017 Community. Whenever I try to create a project from this template I get the error "The document cannot be opened. It has been renamed, deleted or moved" when I try to access the .cpp file (the only…

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Add Visual Studio Item Template to Add dialog on Specific Folder generated from Project Template
If I create a MVC Project in Visual Studio, I can right click on the folder Controllers and get a custom dialog in the Add submenu which very nicely recommends adding a Controller:
How do I do this for my VS Project Template and Item Template?
I…

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Extra solution folder getting created in multi-project templates
I have created a multi Project template and published it in VS via VSIX. My problem is when I create a new project via the template an extra solution folder is getting created which contains all the projects and solution file is getting created one…

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VS Template not installing Nuget Packages
I am building a Visual Studio 2015 Web API 2 template for my company. It is a multiproject template. I have it all setup and it is working fine except for the Nuget packages. They will not install.
I followed the steps outlined here:…

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Setup a web project with elm in visual studio 2015
How to setup a web project with elm in visual studio 2015?
We started a new project and we need it in visual studio for the continuous integration and build deploy to a certain server.
My issue is that I didn't found a elm project template and I've…

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How to include a property sheet in VC project template
I have a lot of VC projects in Visual Studio 2013 solution. For each project I keep most of it's properties in property sheet AllConfigurations.props, belonging to project's folder.
I'm trying to create a project template for such project. I add…

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How to add references and nugets in visual studio project template?
Is there any instructions to add nugets and references in project template?
The best way is to add nuget without version.
Nugets will be added not from nuget.org but from internal corporate resource.
What I mean. In the SolutionExplorer picture red…

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Unable to Create New Project through Custom Cordova Project Template in Visual Studio 2015
I have Created Project Template for The Cordova App in Visual Studio 2015.When i am Creating new Project through this Template , Instead of loading Files It is showing empty Solution Explorer.

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Invalid model formula error for tidyr 0.4.0
I'm getting the message Error: invalid model formula in ExtractVars while trying to fit linear models using tidyr version 0.4.0. I have run this exact code without error in a previous session, but have changed some library info, so I'm wondering if…

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How to create a Project Template without requiring PacMan (or refresh)?
If you create a new Windows UWP project in VIsual Studio 2015 using the out-of-the-box Blank template you will find that intellisense works without having to build or refresh the project.
Now, create a custom project template based on the Blank…

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An item with the same key has already been added. vsix project
I am using multi-Project Vsix Template.
While I am adding multiple projects using same vsix template.
Steps:
Added New Project using Vsix project template. It created 2 projects successfully .
Again adding new project using same template. when I…

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