Comments on: T4 Template Design: Merged Template Class http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-merged-template-class/ this.Write(code); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oleg Sych http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-merged-template-class/#comment-242 Oleg Sych Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:09:13 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-merged-template-class/#comment-242 Gabriel, You can call a template from a windows app using <a href="http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-standalone-template/"Standalone Template</a> design technique. To make parsing properties and their types easier, you can use the <a href="http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-property-directive" rel="nofollow"> directive</a>. Implementing this would certainly make working with T4 very similar to CodeSmith. However, I question whether it would make working with templates <i>easier</i>. With CodeSmith, you use special XML files to store these template property values. With T4, such as when using <a href="http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-nested-template-class/" rel="nofollow">Nested Template Class</a> technique, you specify and store property values in C# or Visual Basic code. I find working with C# code more straightforward than working with XML. Although for a template user, being able to specify template property values visually, in a property grid, is nice, implementing it requires a lot of extra work for the template developer. I haven't found time and justification for this investment yet. Oleg Gabriel,

You can call a template from a windows app using <a href=”http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-standalone-template/”Standalone Template design technique. To make parsing properties and their types easier, you can use the directive.

Implementing this would certainly make working with T4 very similar to CodeSmith. However, I question whether it would make working with templates easier. With CodeSmith, you use special XML files to store these template property values. With T4, such as when using Nested Template Class technique, you specify and store property values in C# or Visual Basic code. I find working with C# code more straightforward than working with XML.

Although for a template user, being able to specify template property values visually, in a property grid, is nice, implementing it requires a lot of extra work for the template developer. I haven’t found time and justification for this investment yet.

Oleg

]]> By: gabriel http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-merged-template-class/#comment-238 gabriel Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:40:22 +0000 http://www.olegsych.com/2008/04/t4-template-design-merged-template-class/#comment-238 Hi, I really want to use t4 to speed up my development ,I think you have done a magnificient job with those small tutorials. What about if I wanted to integrate with windows App? Example A propertyGrid + btnGenerate Where a can specify class Name-Namespace -output folder etc... Then press btnGenerate and this will pass all these values to the templates. A tutorial on how to call the t4 template from a windows app and pass values would be fantastic!!!. thanks gabriel Hi,
I really want to use t4 to speed up my development ,I think you have done a magnificient job with those small tutorials.
What about if I wanted to integrate with windows App?
Example
A propertyGrid + btnGenerate
Where a can specify class Name-Namespace -output folder etc…
Then press btnGenerate and this will pass all these values to the templates.
A tutorial on how to call the t4 template from a windows app and pass values would be fantastic!!!.

thanks
gabriel

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