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.NET Forum / Visual Studio.NET / Extensibility / December 2005Custom Project Template: Custom Parameters that use scripts?
I posted this question to the new Microsoft Forums in the Visual Studio Extensibility forum, but didn't get an answer, so I'll try again here since this is a managed newsgroup and I am a MSDN subscriber. I am converting a Visual Studio .NET 2003 custom project template to VS 2005. So far it is working except for a tiny detail, and the new format is going to be much much easier for me to maintain, thanks for all the hard work the VS team has put into the redesign! With VS 2003, I had to make changes to a JScript file and if I called the method wizard.AddSymbol, I could create a variable that I could easily access in the program's source file. How can I do that with the new 2005 template format? I really don't want to write any wizard code with C#, I don't need any forms, I just need to use some very short JScript code that grabs the current user name (the network full name, not the value available as $username$), and the current date in a format that I want. I have copied the common.js file from the VC# Wizards directory and added my functions to it, but I can't figure out how to reference the symbols I've created from my source file now. Or, can I put the script code in a CDATA section right in the .vstemplate file, under the CustomParameter item? It seems like the Value field there is just a simple text value. Thanks for any help with this, Chuck Hi Chuck, >I am converting a Visual Studio .NET 2003 custom project >template to VS 2005.So far it is working except for a tiny >detail, and the new format is going to be much much easier >for me to maintain, thanks for all the hard work the VS team >has put into the redesign! Very thanks for your appreciation, I will forward it to our product team:) >How can I do that with the new 2005 template format? I really >don't want towrite any wizard code with C#, I don't need any forms, >I just need to use some very short JScript code that grabs the >current user name (the network full name, not the value available >as $username$), and the current date in a format that I want. >I have copied the common.js file from the VC# Wizards directory >and added my functions to it, but I can't figure out how to reference >the symbols I'vecreated from my source file now. Those JScript function should be called from your wizards Html script, how could you do this in VS2003's Add-in, the corresponding methods haven't changed a lot in VS2005... Thanks! Best regards, Gary Chang Microsoft Community Support -------------------- Get Secure! ¡§C www.microsoft.com/security Register to Access MSDN Managed Newsgroups! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/msdn/nospam.asp &SD=msdn This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. >Hi Chuck, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Very thanks for your appreciation, I will forward it to our product team:) You're welcome. Let me actually describe for others all the yucky stuff I had to do for VS 2003 projects that is totally eliminated for VS 2005: I had to create a project template directory tree structure like this: Root +-----Scripts |-----------1033 +-----Templates |-----------1033 And store in each locale (1033) subdir the actual files I needed, like the project source and the JScripts involved (default.js). And then there were the .vsz and .vsdir files. And, the really yucky part was that I had to modify the registry, create a new GUID, and add it into SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\NewProjectTemplates\TemplateDirs. With 2005, I just put all the project source files into a single Zip file and put that in a path under My Documents. >Those JScript function should be called from your wizards Html script, how >could you do this in VS2003's Add-in, the corresponding methods haven't >changed a lot in VS2005... Gary, I was hoping that I could take the code that I had added into default.js above in the Scripts\1033 directory and put it into the common.js file that the CSharp projects seem to use (located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\VC#Wizards\1033), and then put that new version of common.js into my Zip file in My Documents. I don't have a wizard. I am just trying to figure out how I can use script of some kind to use to supply a value for a custom parameter in the .vstemplate file. But I really don't want to have to create a wizard, it seems like a ton of overkill just to do what was working for me before in 2003 without a wizard. Could Craig Skibo maybe answer this? I wish I could read his new book that is going into the retail boxes for VS 2005, but I have a MSDN subscription, and MSPress's stance now is that they won't even sell his book separately. Thanks, Chuck Hi Chuck, The new .vstemplate based wizards don't support scripting like the older style .vsz/.html based wizards. No webpages are utilized in the execution of a .vstemplate based wizard, so there's no base to execute that jscript code from. The new .vstemplate based wizards do support invocation of custom code, but it's through a managed object that implements the IWizard interface, as designated by a <WizardExtension> element added to your .vstemplate file. Hiren Shah has posted a starter kit at the following address which may be helpful in getting you started on building a custom IWizard extension. http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/VSContent/5A9AC916-B95F-4C58-9505-9937546FFCBA.dcik Also if you search the documentation on IWizard and .vstemplate, you'll find the requisite info on how to build these. One thing that the docs might not actually over well is that the assembly that implements the IWizard interface must be strongnamed, and you must place the assembly in the GAC, or in the same directory as DevEnv.exe (or the PrivateAssemblies or PublicAssemblies directory). And if you opt to go the non-GAC route (you'll still need to regasm the assembly with the /codebase switch). That all being said, the older style wizards are still supported and work just as they did in VS 2003. P.S. I'm anxiously awaiting Craig's book as well <g>. Be sure to make your voice heard on Craig's blog, as it sounds like MS Press may not make the book available for purchasing at your friendly neighborhood bookstore. http://blogs.msdn.com/craigskibo/archive/2005/11/29/498111.aspx. Sincerely, Ed Dore [MSFT] This post is "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. >Hi Chuck, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >interface, as designated by a <WizardExtension> element added to your >.vstemplate file. [snippage] >Sincerely, >Ed Dore [MSFT] > >This post is "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Ed, I just wanted to say thanks for this very comprehensive answer. I downloaded the Starter Kit from Hiren, and it looks like it will give me what I need to get started. Chuck Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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