I can't seem to find a way to make T4 templates in VS 2015 RTM, in an ASP.NET 5 (vNext) project. I even installed the T4 toolbox for Visual Studio 2015 extension, but the tt templates are not tran...

I just tried to open one of my projects with Visual Studio 2015 the first time, and it says: The importede project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\TextTemplating\Mic...

When using T4 to generate C# code, I can't get correct identation with TABS scattered around: public partial class Foo : Base { public int C { get; set; } [MappedProperty("A.B[{C}].Foo")] publi...

Our Solution is currently based on Entity Framework Database First. We have a T4 Template that generates repository classes from the EDMX. We are reviewing our planned approach for releasing chan...

I have a T4 template that is used with the TextTemplatingFilePreprocessor to generate a class that I can then use to generate the output of the template. At the start of the T4 template I import s...

Is there a way to do reflection pre-compile - at design time? My intent is to use T4 to spit out custom codes based on classes that implement certain interfaces. I know I can call upon reflection,...

I've recently asked about C# classes to T4 viewmodels, but this is different so I separated it out into a second question I'd like to automate the generate of a client library in typescript ...

I'm using VisualStudio Ultimate 2012 (Update 1) on Windows 7. I can get my T4 template to generate a file by: right click [tt file] | run Custom tool. That works great! (yay for me). It also works ...

After pulling a project from source control down to a new dev machine with VS 2013 I found I could no longer generate my Client side proxy and entity classes (from the .tt file created by "OData Cl...

Does anybody know, in a .tt file, where code.VsNamespaceSuggestion() gets its namespace from? I'm having an issue where I had to change a solution's namespace, and I swear I've changed it everywh...

I have the need to do JSON schema generation within a T4 template, and found Newtonsoft's new Schema class more than adequate for the purpose at hand (within a console application, tested), however...

I want to generate a fragment using T4 but after adding a .tt file to the Wix project there is no "Custom Tool" option for this file. And there is no menu item "Run custom tool" when right clicking...

Currently , I am developing a framework , I want to add custom scaffolding option in visual studio menu. By default "MVC5 Controller with views, using Entity Framework" option 3 from the dialog ...

Previously, with Visual Studio 2012, I was able to bring the CodeTemplates folder up to my project directory and then modify the existing T4 templates or add entirely new T4 templates to meet my pa...

I cant figure out how to include the resource file (.resx) in the (.tt) T4 template. I tried so far... Importing the namespace <#@ import namespace="T4TemplateResources.resx" #> Also in...

I'm trying to wireup some code gen templates to my team's automated build process. Our SCM team doesn't want Visual Studio on our build machine (which I have a hard time arguing with). Is there a ...

It's been a while since I last used T4 and this is probably a silly question... Is it possible to reference an arbitrary assembly from a template? Example: I have a class that I'd like to use in P...

I look and I don't see. I have a solution with two projects -- project A (a library) and project B, which is main project and contains T4 text template. What I did so far -- I added a reference ...

I am trying to setup a process where my T4 templates will be transformed on the build server (Visual Studio is not installed there). I've read all online references, but could not get a clear sour...

I have a website project in Visual Studio and I'm trying to reference some assemblies from the bin directory of the site. So far, the rooted path is the only one that works: <#@ Assembly Name=...

No matter what method is used to specify a file in an assembly directive the T4 engine cannot find the file specified. <#@ assembly name="$(SolutionDir)packages\TestPackage\lib\net45\Test.dll"#...

I have overridden the controller generation T4 templates (ControllerWithContext.tt) as described here. I would like to take advantage of the code helper utilities found in EF.utility.CS.ttinclude a...

I need to reference a Type in one of the assemblies referenced by the project containing my Visual Studio T4 template. However, the referenced assembly is installed from a NuGet package. As that Nu...

I'm having difficulties with T4 transforming on build (with MsBuild). I'm trying to get generated files to the solution/project. If I just save or run custom tool, files are generated, and added t...

I have a .tt script that needs to reference a couple of external assemblies. Is it possible for the T4 host to automatically include the assemblies referenced in the project - rather than me manua...