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does anyone know if it's possible to run T4 template file from another T4 template, inside VS2010
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t4 is basically a tool built into VS for doing text transformation, typically for doing code generation. Transform All T4 Templates searches your solution for *. tt files and executes them to create other text, again typically source code, files.
We use this template to generate the code when we add a view or controller in MVC. The file extension of this template is tt. Basically when we add a view or controller using a scaffhold template it is called a T4 template. By using this template if we add a controller or view then it generates some code automatically.
T4 templates in entity framework are used to generate C# or VB entity classes from EDMX files. Visual Studio 2013 or 2012 provides two templates- EntityObject Generator and DBContext Generator for creating C# or VB entity classes. The additional templates are also available for download.
Yes, you can. This is how I'm doing it:
string templateText = File.ReadAllText(Host.ResolvePath(templateFileName));
Engine engine = new Engine();
string output = engine.ProcessTemplate(templateText, Host);
//this is optional - record all output to your file of choice:
File.WriteAllText(outputFilePath, output);
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