WizardData Element (Visual Studio Templates)

Specifies custom XML

<VSTemplate>
   <WizardData>

<WizardData>
    <!-- XML to pass to the custom wizard extension -->
    ...
</WizardData>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
VSTemplate	Required element. Contains all the metadata for the project template, item template, or starter kit.

Text Value

A text value is optional.

This text specifies the custom XML to pass to the custom wizard extension specified in the WizardExtension element.

Remarks

Any XML can be specified in this element. The XML will be passed as a parameter to the custom wizard extension, allowing the extension to use the contents of this element. No validation is done on this data.

The contents of the WizardData element are passed, unchanged, as a parameter inside the string dictionary of parameters in the IWizard.RunStarted method. The parameter is named $WizardData$.

Example

The following example illustrates the metadata for the standard project template for a Visual C# Windows application.

<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="Item"
    xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>MyTemplate</Name>
        <Description>Template using IWizard extension</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
    </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>
    <WizardExtension>
        <Assembly>MyWizard, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null</Assembly>
        <FullClassName>MyWizard.CustomWizard</FullClassName>
    </WizardExtension>
    <WizardData>
        <!-- XML to pass to the custom wizard extension -->
    </WizardData>
</VSTemplate>

See Also

Tasks

How to: Use Wizards with Project Templates

Reference

Visual Studio Template Schema Reference

WizardExtension Element (Visual Studio Templates)

Concepts

Creating Templates for Projects and Items in Visual Studio