What can cause this behaviour? I'm trying to generate code via ADO.NET EntityObject/Poco/SelfTracking Generator and i get only "object reference not set to an instance of an object" error I can add i'm using EF4 with OracleProvider and previously i've generated code with EdmGen2, but right now i'd like to generate POCO classes from exi...
I am using T4 for generating code. With Visual Studio I could generate code in C# or VB. What is required for generating code in Ruby or Java ? I have a some utility classes that is required in multiple language (C#, Ruby and Java). I am looking for defining T4 templates... Thanks ...
Can anyone help me - I need to reference a class in one of my T4 Toolbox scripts that resides in the same assembly as the script. Basically I want to reflect over certain classes and do some code generation on them. The problem is that nothing gets generated and I get errors telling me the class in my current project cannot be accessed....
How can I permanently forget T4 generated files from being version control using Mercurial? It seems that Visual Studio (VisualHG) automatically adding them to version control. ...
Just installed 2010 Express Edition and I cannot see Preprocess t4 template as an option. Is it not supported in 2010 Express? ...
When creating a T4 template in VB.NET, how do you specify Option Explicit, Option Strict, and Option Infer settings? There's some sort of <#@ #> tag for doing this, but I can't find it. ...
I have taken the POCO tt templates that can be used in Studio 2010 with Entity Framework and modified them to better fit my needs. I have added a few things to make testing easier. Now I want to be able to right click on the entity framework design surface, choose "Add Code Generation Item" and select my templates instead of the built ...
Hi, is it possible to add include files within my custom t4 templates for the "Add Controller" dialog box? I have tried doing: <#@ include file="Helpers.tt" #> This is what you would typically do in t4 but this does not seem to work. Currently i have resorted to throwing all my helper functions in the footer of my templates but this...
Where is TextTransform.exe located? I'm trying to implement the solution in this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1646580/get-visual-studio-to-run-a-t4-template-on-every-build However I'm getting an error "'TextTransform.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." I have been l...
I have been using CodeDom to do some code generation. It works great, but I haven't found a way to include the generated source code files in a project. I started using T4 and the T4Toolbox to generate code because it supports integration with project files. Does anyone know if CodeDom supports this functionality too? I'd consider taki...
Is it possible to run T4 code generation without needing Visual Studio 2010? Basically I have to build an in house ORM (don't ask..if I had a choice I wouldn't). I was planning to use subsonic as a base but change some things and how they work. However my main question is can I run T4 from an external application that I write, so I can u...
I have build an Addin for code generation (C#, VS 08) for our team. The addin creates a new menu entry if i click on a file in the solution explorer. There i can choose a destination test project where the 2 files are generated to. For the code generation process i need informations from the selected item in the solution explorer (like...
Ok so I'm trying to hack together something to make SubSonic3 work with Postgres, on Mono. I almost have the templates generating but have ran into one small problem. <#@ include file="PostgreSQL.ttinclude" #> will give a "cannot resolve include file" error. However, specifying a full path will work(though cumbersome) <#@ include...
What is the difference between the <# tag and the <#+ tag in T4? ...
I am trying to write T4 template to create wrapper classes for classes created by SubSonic 3 (implementing IActiveRecord). But when I compile my template I get following error: Compiling transformation: Metadata file 'SubSonic.Core' could not be found I'm including SubSonic.Core in my settings file. <#@ assembly name="SubSonic.Core" #...
I'm working on my first T4 code generation tool to add some Stored Procedure helper code to my project. I've created custom types (e.g. StoredProcedure and StoredProcedureParameter to help with my code generation and have included the assembly and namespace references in my code: <#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language...
I have a T4 template that geneates helpert code based on other code that is declared within my project. Because of this, I have to build my project before I run "Transform All Templates". Is it possible to have "Transform All Templates" run as a post-build-event upon a successful build? ...
I've just started playing with T4, as I eventually want to use it to generate POCO's that map to LINQ to SQL entity classes, but even the simplest example has me slightly confused. Some advice on what is happening, and some advice on some good reading would be greatly appreciated. I am of the understanding that the following template s...
I am building a T4 template that will build a POCO from a LINQ to SQL entity, but right now it produces one POCO file based on one L2S entity. How can I reuse this remplate to iterate through all L2S entities and produce a POCO for each one, or for any chosen one? ...
I have the following code in a tester class in my main assembly, PocoGenerator. This assembly is supposed to use a T4 template to generate POCO's based on L2S entities in a referenced assembly (a project reference), DataObjects. var assemblyName = "DataObjects"; var dataObjects = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Load(new AssemblyName(assemblyNa...