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The following pages will go over how to download, install and upgrade the CSLA templates.

Installing the CSLA Templates

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It is strongly recommended to check in your solution and/or templates into Source Control or make a backup before continuing.

Installing the downloaded templates from the website

  1. Please follow these steps outlined in the "downloading the latest templates" section after section after downloading the CSLA templates from the internet.
  2. Install the CSLA Templates by extracting the downloaded templates to:
    1. Any non networked drive. 
    2. A previous version of the templates. You can do this by overwriting your existing templates and extracting the new templates over them.
  3. Run the QuickStart template to get up and running or . Please follow the upgrade guide, if upgrading from a previous version.

Installing the templates from NuGet

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This option requires a working internet connection and the latest version of NuGet and Visual Studio to be installed.

  1. Install the CodeSmith.Generator.CSLA NuGet package to a new or existing CSharp or Visual Basic project.
  2. Configure the newly created Entities.csp CodeSmith Generator Project file.
    1. Start by opening Manage Outputs and select Edit Output.
    2. Configure the Entities.cst template.
    3. Save your configured properties by clicking the OK button.
  3. Right click the Entities.csp and select Generate.