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Code Generation With t4 Text Templates Introduction

The document demonstrates how to use the Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4) to generate text output from templates. It shows examples of basic text output, looping, code blocks, and field declarations in T4 templates and the generated output. Processing directives, template compilation, and potential errors are also discussed at a high level.

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SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection( "Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True"); connection.Open(); SqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand(); command.CommandText = "select ContactName from Customers where City = @City"; command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@City", "London"); SqlDataReader londoners = command.ExecuteReader(); while (londoners.Read()) Console.WriteLine(londoners["ContactName"]);

NorthwindDataContext northwind = new NorthwindDataContext(); var londoners = from customer in northwind.Customers where customer.City == "London" select customer; foreach (var customer in londoners) Console.WriteLine(customer.ContactName);

Demo

Text Template Transformation Toolkit ASP.NET-like template syntax Generates any text files Supports Visual Basic and C# Built into Visual Studio 2008 Available as a download for Visual Studio 2005

Processing Directives <#@ template language="C#" #> Hello <# Write("World!"); #>

Text Blocks

Code Blocks

Template

<#@ template language="C#" #> Hello <# Write("World!"); #> public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { this.Write("Hello\r\n"); Write("World!"); return this.GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } } Hello World!

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<#@ template language="C#" #> <# for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) { #> Hello World! <# } #> namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating25E14C49A0E { public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) { this.Write("Hello World!\r\n"); } return this.GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } } } Hello World! Hello World! Hello World!

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Template

<#@ template language="C#" #> <# for(int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) { #> Hello World <#= i #>! <# } #> namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating76E036E { public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) { Write("Hello World "); Write(ToStringHelper.ToStringWithCulture(i)); Write("!\r\n"); } return GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } } } Hello World 1! Hello World 2! Hello World 3!

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<#@ template language="C#"#> <# HelloWorld(); #> <#+ private void HelloWorld() { Write("Hello World"); } #> namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplatingD6871B481C9 { public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { HelloWorld(); return GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } private void HelloWorld() { Write("Hello World"); } } } Hello World

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<#@ template language="C#" #> <# HelloWorld(); #> <#+ private string _field = "World"; private void HelloWorld() { #> Hello <#=_field#> <#+ } #> namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplatingD6871B481C9 { public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { HelloWorld(); return GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } private string _field = World"; private void HelloWorld() { this.Write("Hello "); this.Write(ToStringHelper.ToStringWithCulture(_field)); } } } Hello World

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<#@ template language="C#","VB","C#v3.5" or "VBv3.5" debug="False" or "True" inherits="TextTransformation" hostspecific="False" or "True" culture="","en-US"... #>

<#@ output extension="cs","vb","txt"... encoding="","ASCII","Unicode" #>

<#@ include file="RelativePath\File.tt" or "C:\AbsolutePath\File.tt" #>

<#@ assembly name="AssemblyName" or "C:\AbsolutePath\Assembly.dll #>

<#@ import namespace="System.Xml" #>

Template

<#@ template language="C#" #> Hello <# Write("World!"); #>

Compilation Errors Generate

public class GeneratedTextTransformation: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.TextTransformation { public override string TransformText() { this.Write("Hello\r\n"); Write("World!"); return this.GenerationEnvironment.ToString(); } }

Compiled Template

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Runtime Errors Output

Hello World!

Demo

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