Advanced Topics covers the following sections:

• Upgrading CodeSmith Generator
• Using the CodeSmith Generator API
• Auto Executing Generated SQL Scripts
• Merge Strategies
• Active vs. Passive Generation
• Template Caching
• Building a Custom Schema Provider for SchemaExplorer
• Using CodeSmith.CustomProperties
• CodeSmith.BaseTemplates
• Building a custom UITypeEditor
• Setting up a DataDirectory for use in Connection Strings
• Version Control Support
• Configuring and troubleshooting a Schema Provider