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I have successfully created (and manually edited) an Item Template that will add a number of files in one 'shot'. I want these files to all be created under a folder that should be created at the same time.
In Project Template .vstemplate files I can specify a Folder element, but the schema does not allow one in the Item Template.
Any know if this is possible or do I have to start looking at extending the IDE also?
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From within the folder click on the folder or the drop down arrow beside it. Click the "Save as Template" button to save this folder structure as a folder template.
By default, templates installed with Visual Studio are located in: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\<edition>\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\<Language>\<Locale ID> %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\<edition>\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\<Language>\<Locale ID>
Adding folders#The File > Add Folder to Workspace command brings up an Open Folder dialog to select the new folder. Once a root folder is added, the Explorer will show the new folder as a root in the File Explorer. You can right-click on any of the root folders and use the context menu to add or remove folders.
I figured it out! You just need to edit the TargetFileName attribute of the ProjectItem element and suggest a fullpath...
<ProjectItem SubType="" TargetFileName="$fileinputname$\$fileinputname$.txt" ReplaceParameters="true">template.txt</ProjectItem>
In the above example if the user names the new item 'dog' VS will create a dog folder and copy the template.txt file as dog.txt into it.
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