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 After reading this document you will know how-to download, install and use the CodeSmith Generator SDK in your applications. This document will also demonstrate the most common uses of the CodeSmith Generator API:

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Download

After logging into your account, visit the following the downloads section to download the latest version of CodeSmith Generator.

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A license key file will be emailed to you after you purchase the SDK license from the online store. This license file needs to meet one of the following criteria:

• Embed the license file into your application as an embedded resource in the assembly that calls the CodeSmith.Engine.
• Place the license file into the same directory as your application.
• Specify a license key via the Generator:License environment variable or in code via the CodeSmithLicense.SetLicenseKey(key) method. We only recommend this for build/web servers as this will overwrite any locally defined licenses.

Creating a new project

In order to use the CodeSmith Generator SDK you will need to create a new .Net 4.0 6.2 or newer project. In the example below, we will be creating a new console application.

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Next, you are required to reference the following assemblies:

• ActiproSoftware.Text.Wpf.dll
• CodeSmith.Core.dll
• CodeSmith.Engine.dll

NuGet packages:

• CodeSmith.Generator

In the example below we will also need to reference the following assembliesNuGet packages:

• SchemaExplorer.dllCodeSmith.Generator.BaseTemplates
• CodeSmith.Generator.CustomProperties
• SchemaExplorer
• SchemaExplorer.SqlSchemaProvider.dll

Writing the Code

Now it's time to dive in and write some generation code!  We will add the following code to our console application: 

public static void Main() {
    string path = System.IO.Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, @"..\..\StoredProcedures.cst");
    var engine = new TemplateEngine(new DefaultEngineHost(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path)));

    CompileTemplateResult result = engine.Compile(path);
    if (result.Errors.Count == 0) {
        var database = new DatabaseSchema(new SqlSchemaProvider(), @"Server=.;Database=PetShop;Integrated Security=True;");
        TableSchema table = database.Tables["Inventory"];

        CodeTemplate template = result.CreateTemplateInstance();
        template.SetProperty("SourceTable", table);
        template.SetProperty("IncludeDrop", false);
        template.SetProperty("InsertPrefix", "Insert");
        template.Render(Console.Out);
    } else {
        foreach (var error in result.Errors)
            Console.Error.WriteLine(error.ToString());
    }
    
    Console.WriteLine("\r\nPress any key to continue.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

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The above code will compile and run but requires the Stored Procedures template that can be found in the APISample project that was mentioned above. If you have any SDK API questions feel free to contact support.

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