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CreateNewFolder Element (Visual Studio Templates)

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Specifies whether a containing folder is created on instantiation of the project.

<VSTemplate>
  <TemplateData>
    <CreateNewFolder>

<CreateNewFolder>
    true/false
</CreateNewFolder>

Boolean

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

TemplateData

Required element.

Categorizes the template and defines how it displays in either the New Project or the Add New Item dialog box.

Text Value

A text value is required.

The text must be either true or false, indicating whether or not a new container folder should be created when a project is created from the template.

Remarks

CreateNewFolder is an optional element. The default value is true.

The value specified in the CreateNewFolder element is only honored by Visual Studio if the underlying project system supports it.

Example

The following code example specifies not to create a new folder when a project is created from the template.

<VSTemplate Type="Project" Version="2.0.0"
    xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>My template</Name>
        <Description>A basic template</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
        <CreateNewFolder>false</CreateNewFolder>
    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>
        <Project File="MyTemplate.csproj">
            <ProjectItem>Form1.cs<ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Form1.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Program.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.resx</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.settings</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
        </Project>
    </TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>

See Also

Reference

Visual Studio Template Schema Reference

Other Resources

Visual Studio Templates