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Asked: 2026-05-30T11:25:25+00:00

I have defined a Visual Studio template called classDB.cs . I would like the

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I have defined a Visual Studio template called classDB.cs. I would like the default name for the class to appear as [projectname]DB.cs, where [projectname] is the name of the current project (as entered in the Create Project dialog). Is there a way to achieve this? I tried setting the name of the class to $safeprojectname$DB.cs, but that didn’t work.

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I modified my project template but give’s this error when it’s generating the project

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here’s the template class 

namespace $safeprojectname$.Models
{
    public class $safeprojectname$DB : DbContext
    {

    }
}

the class in the project

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  1. Editorial Team

    I have been battling with a similar error to this for days, and I finally figured it out. Visual Studio escapes the $ in the .csproj file. So you will have a node that looks like this:

    <Compile Include="Models\%24safeprojectname%24DB.cs" />

    Open up the .csproj file in a text editor, and change it to:

    <Compile Include="Models\$safeprojectname$DB.cs" />

    And save the file. Your project will reload, but it won’t try to escape the filename again! Export your template, and you should find that the parameter now gets replaced.

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