Windows Explorer | Managing a CodeSmith Project right from Windows Explorer is simple and doesn't require you to use CodeSmith Studio to manage a project. Options are available through the right-click context menu your CodeSmith Project file (.csp).
The menu options include: - Generate Outputs
- Manage Outputs
- Add Outputs
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Command-Line | You can Generate Outputs of a CodeSmith Project in the command line by using the CodeSmith Console application.
You would simply call:
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Visual Studio | The tight integration with Visual Studio allows you to fully manage any CodeSmith Project right from Visual Studio. To manage a CodeSmith Project, you can use the Right-Click context menu of a CodeSmith Project file from the Solution Explorer window.
The menu options include: - Generate Outputs
- Manage Outputs
- Add Outputs
- Output OptionsYou can use ActiveGeneration quite easily in your Visual Studio projects now, simply by specifying the BuildAction of your CodeSmith Project. Setting the BuildAction = "Generate" in the properties of you CodeSmith Project file in the Solution Explorer will cause your entire build process to occur prior to your project building.
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CodeSmith Studio | To manage a CodeSmith Project, you can use the Right-Click context menu of a CodeSmith Project file from the CodeSmith's Template Explorer window. The menu options include: - Generate Outputs
- Manage Outputs
- Add Outputs
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MSBuild | CodeSmith projects can be manually expected from your MSBuild project file by executing:
<CodeSmith ProjectFile="MyProject.csp" />
When you set the BuildAction to Generate in Visual Studio, you're actually using the CodeSmithGenerate Target, located in:
Program Files\MSBuild\CodeSmith\CodeSmith.targets
* *You can import this target in your Visual Studio Projects by using the Import tag.
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\CodeSmith\CodeSmith.targets" />
Using a CodeSmith Generator Project from MSBuild |