Question

I want to create a replacement T4 template that can be called from Visual Studio’s “add view”. Where should I put the file? I’m not sure I should put it in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\
    Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\Web\
    MVC 3\CodeTemplates\AddView\VBHTML

I suspect it will get wiped during repair etc if I put it there.

Answer 1

You can put your custom T4 template under your project like this:

{YourProjectFolder}\CodeTemplates\AddView

Of course this way it will only be enabled for this specific project, while putting them in the location you mention in your question will enable it for all your projects system wide.

Here you can find an interesting article going further into the details:

T4 Templates: A Quick-Start Guide for ASP.NET MVC Developers

There’s even already a nuget package who does all the plumbing for you:

Add the ASP.NET MVC 3 Code Templates to your application with Nuget