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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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:
Eric King
2010-04-17 02:56:14
That's a great link.
Anthony Potts
2010-04-17 03:15:04
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They are T4 templates located in:
Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Web\MVC 2\CodeTemplates\AddView
Also take a look at this article, it describes how to change the templates on a per project basis.
Stephen Pence
2010-04-17 02:56:52
Ahh, that's what T4 is used for. I have seen the terminology, but I'm usually too busy to play around with new technology unless I think I am close to using it.
Anthony Potts
2010-04-17 03:03:31
I see in your path that you are using VS2010. How do you like it so far?
Anthony Potts
2010-04-17 03:07:04
I have only been using it for a couple of days (since RTM), but so far I like it a lot, especially multi monitor support and the new Html encoding syntax in MVC 2/.Net4
Stephen Pence
2010-04-17 10:53:37
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There is also another option, where in the MVC project you can make a folder called CodeTemplate and put the .tt files in there. Then those templates will be used as well.
Anthony Potts
2010-04-23 18:47:42