I would like for the generate “List” view contents to have a check added to it to first check that the model has elements, it occurs to me that I have no idea how these views are generated. Can those be changed?
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I would like for the generate “List” view contents to have a check added to it to first check that the model has elements, it occurs to me that I have no idea how these views are generated. Can those be changed?
Visual Studio uses “T4” (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) templates to generate the code when you ask for a new file, and yes, they can be edited.
Basically, you find the default templates, copy them into your project, and then edit them to create project-specific custom new-item templates which VS will use instead of the defaults.
A good set of basic instructions can be found at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2009/01/29/t4-templates-a-quick-start-guide-for-asp-net-mvc-developers.aspx