CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010entity-frameworkt4
Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 36573

T4 Template Refresh On Save

I have a couple of custom T4 templates that I want to regenerate any time my edmx file (in the same project) changes.

Somehow Entity Framework manages to figure out to refresh the POCO T4 template on save.....but I can't figure out how. At first I thought it had to do with the <DependentUpon> tag in the csproj...but that doesn't seem to have any effect except for telling Visual Studio to group one file under another.

How can I get my custom T4 templates to regenerate when my edmx changes, like Entity Framework's POCO tempaltes do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 775

Answers (1)

ILovePaperTowels
ILovePaperTowels

Reputation: 1455

Have a look at this page http://www.olegsych.com/2009/11/t4-toolbox-automatic-template-transformation/ You might be able to create a custom tool to do what you want. A custom tool would be good because you register it on your system and you can set it as the default tool for edmx files. But that requires a bit of work. Using the T4 toolbox looks like it would be a better, quicker option for you.

Upvotes: 1

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