How to add an assembly reference when processing an item template?

How to add an assembly reference when processing an item template?

• Chris Lively

  You could make your item template fire a recipe when unfolded and have this recipe contain an action that creates a project reference. Did you try this approach

  -Victor.

  
  
  

• Flam3h

  I see your point. This is not supported by Visual Studio templates. And as you mention is a really common thing one may want to do, I've submitted a suggestion to the product group for adding this a couple of month ago (when I first encounter it and had to resolve to an action for doing this).
  
  

• Dave27

  Actually, I was referring to the declaratively way.

  If you take a look at the solution template generated by GAT you will notice something like:

  <WizardData>

  <Template xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-template"

  SchemaVersion="1.0"

  Recipe="YourRecipeName">

  This will cause the firing of the YourRecipeName when the template is unfolded.

  
  
  

• project2n5e0o1

  That is the obvious way. I rather hoped that there is some way to do it declaratively within the remplate file....

  Thanks anyway.

  
  
  

• zx5000

  Well, the idea was to have some kind of declaration (probably within the tempate) stating what assembly references the template needs. And the engine careing for the reference in the project.

  I know how to do that in a custom action, yet it strucks me as a very common demand that should be available within the system.

  Regards,
  Alexander

  
  
  
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