How to create a solution template in VS2010?

Question

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to create a Solution Template in VS2010? I need to create a solution with several projects already created....

Vaclav

Answer 1

You can find a blog post with an example at http://bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2010/05/creating-f-solution-template-for-visual.html.

Scrubland

Direct link to MSDN: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185308(v=VS.100).aspx – Acantho

I guess this is the direct link to the blog post: bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2010/05/… – Cuneate

F# - eww! hairball! ick! – Excommunicatory

Answer 2

Solution templates do not exist. A VSTemplate type can be Project or Item, reference is here. This is also visible from File + Export Template.

Maybe you could write a macro to copy/create the required files.

Lardner

If that is true (and I am not disputing what you're saying) then how does someone create a template like some of the starter kits? I found this online: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185308 (how to create multi-project templates. Maybe that is what I'm looking for.... – Vaclav

Yes, looks to me that this ought to be a good start for 2010 projects. Bummer on the crummy docs. The start kits were project templates afaik. – Lardner

although Blank Solution is an option in VS2012 – Lendlease

There is a link "How To: Create Multi-Project Templates" which sounds like a Solution template to me. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/… – Excommunicatory

Answer 3

That's not a VS template, but you can use tempify to create folder templates - http://opensource.endjin.com/templify/

"Templify has two modes – Create and Deploy. In Create mode you can take a pre-existing solution and turn it into a deployable template..."

Teniacide