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The easiest way to build a CodeSmith Generator template is to start with an example of the code that you want to generate - in this case, a finished AssemblyInfo.cs file. Here's one that we'll use as we move through this tutorial:

using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
//
// Created: 1/1/1973
// Author: Blake Niemyjski
//
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("User storage utility")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("Helps manage data in Isolated Storage files.")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("Retail")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("MegaUtilities, Inc.")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("StorageScan")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright (c) MegaUtilities, Inc.")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(true)]

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In the sample above, we've marked the parts decided that we want are going to automatically generate redthe Created Date on line 4, and the parts that we'll prompt the user for greento specify the values for Author, Title, Description, Configuration, Company, Product, Version and FileVersion. The rest of the file we'll treat as static text. Of course, you need to make these decisions with an understanding of how you'll use your template. In this case, for example, we've decided to hard-code the AssemblyDelaySign attribute to always be true. If your use of that attribute varied from project to project, you would want to make that a dynamic part of the template that you prompted the user for.

Now that we know what we want to build, it's time to get the content into the template.

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