.NET Code Generataion | Unable to create a T4 template in Visual Studio 2008
- by cedar715
I've the Visual Studio 2008 installed on my machine(licensed one).
When I try to add a new .tt(say bar.tt) file to the project, the following code is generated:
I've seen in a screencast, where in an empty .tt file should be opened and the developer enters the T4 code. Even if I remove the code and enter T4 code, am getting build errors.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Foobar
{
partial class bar : Form
{
public bar()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.Text = String.Format("About {0} {0}", AssemblyTitle);
this.labelProductName.Text = AssemblyProduct;
this.labelVersion.Text = String.Format("Version {0} {0}", AssemblyVersion);
this.labelCopyright.Text = AssemblyCopyright;
this.labelCompanyName.Text = AssemblyCompany;
this.textBoxDescription.Text = AssemblyDescription;
}
#region Assembly Attribute Accessors
public string AssemblyTitle
{
get
{
object[] attributes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyTitleAttribute), false);
if(attributes.Length > 0)
{
AssemblyTitleAttribute titleAttribute = (AssemblyTitleAttribute)attributes[0];
if(titleAttribute.Title != "")
{
return titleAttribute.Title;
}
}
return System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);
}
}
public string AssemblyVersion
{
get
{
return Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();
}
}
public string AssemblyDescription
{
get
{
object[] attributes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyDescriptionAttribute), false);
if (attributes.Length == 0)
{
return "";
}
return ((AssemblyDescriptionAttribute)attributes[0]).Description;
}
}
public string AssemblyProduct
{
get
{
object[] attributes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute), false);
if (attributes.Length == 0)
{
return "";
}
return ((AssemblyProductAttribute)attributes[0]).Product;
}
}
public string AssemblyCopyright
{
get
{
object[] attributes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyCopyrightAttribute), false);
if (attributes.Length == 0)
{
return "";
}
return ((AssemblyCopyrightAttribute)attributes[0]).Copyright;
}
}
public string AssemblyCompany
{
get
{
object[] attributes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AssemblyCompanyAttribute), false);
if (attributes.Length == 0)
{
return "";
}
return ((AssemblyCompanyAttribute)attributes[0]).Company;
}
}
#endregion
}
}
EDIT: I didn't download any T4 software separately as I got to know that it already ships with Visual Studio 2008.
