TemplateContent Element (Visual Studio Templates)

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11/04/2016

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

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Specifies the contents of the template.

Element hierarchy:

<VSTemplate>
  <TemplateContent>

Syntax

<TemplateContent>
    ...
</TemplateContent>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
BuildOnLoad	Specifies whether to build the solution when a project is created from the template.

Child Elements

Element	Description
ProjectCollection	Optional element. Specifies the organization and contents of multi-project templates.
Project	Optional element. Specifies files or directories to add to the project.
References	Optional element. Specifies the assembly references required for an item template.
ProjectItem	Optional element. Specifies a file contained in the template.
CustomParameters	Optional element. Specifies any custom parameters that are to be used when a project or item is created from the template.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
VSTemplate	Required element. Contains all the metadata for the project template, item template, or starter kit.

Remarks

TemplateContent is a required element.

Example

The following example shows the metadata for a project template for a Visual C# application.

<VSTemplate Type="Project" Version="3.0.0"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>My template</Name>
        <Description>A basic starter kit</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>
        <Project File="MyStarterKit.csproj">
            <ProjectItem>Form1.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Form1.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Program.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.resx</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.settings</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
        </Project>
    </TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>

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