VSTemplate element (Visual Studio Templates)

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01/12/2024

Contains all the metadata about the project template, item template, or starter kit.

Syntax

<VSTemplate Type="TemplateType" Version="x.x.x">
    <TemplateData>    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>    </TemplateContent>
    ...
</VSTemplate>

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
`Type`	Identifies the template as a project template or an item template. This attribute can have a value of `Project` or `Item`.
`Version`	Specifies a version number for the template. Templates in Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012 have a `Version` attribute value of `3.0.0`.

Child elements

Element	Description
TemplateData	Required element. Specifies data that categorizes the template, and defines how it displays in the New Project or Add New Item dialog box.
TemplateContent	Required element. Specifies the contents of the template.
WizardExtension	Optional element.
WizardData	Optional element.

Parent elements

None.

Remarks

The VSTemplate element is the root element of .vstemplate files.

Example

The following example shows the metadata for a project template for a Visual C# application.

<VSTemplate Type="Project" Version="3.0.0"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>My template</Name>
        <Description>A basic starter kit</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>
        <Project File="MyStarterKit.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>

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