TemplatedPreprocessor.ProcessTemplate Method

Create source code that can later be compiled and run to generate the output defined by the template.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overrides Function ProcessTemplate ( _
    inputFileName As String, _
    inputFileContent As String, _
    processor As ITextTemplating, _
    hierarchy As IVsHierarchy _
) As String

protected override string ProcessTemplate(
    string inputFileName,
    string inputFileContent,
    ITextTemplating processor,
    IVsHierarchy hierarchy
)

protected:
virtual String^ ProcessTemplate(
    String^ inputFileName, 
    String^ inputFileContent, 
    ITextTemplating^ processor, 
    IVsHierarchy^ hierarchy
) override

abstract ProcessTemplate : 
        inputFileName:string * 
        inputFileContent:string * 
        processor:ITextTemplating * 
        hierarchy:IVsHierarchy -> string 
override ProcessTemplate : 
        inputFileName:string * 
        inputFileContent:string * 
        processor:ITextTemplating * 
        hierarchy:IVsHierarchy -> string 

protected override function ProcessTemplate(
    inputFileName : String, 
    inputFileContent : String, 
    processor : ITextTemplating, 
    hierarchy : IVsHierarchy
) : String

Parameters

• inputFileName
  Type: System.String
  The file name of the template, used to identify the template in error reports. Optional.

• inputFileContent
  Type: System.String
  The text of the template.

• processor
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.ITextTemplating
  A text templating service.

• hierarchy
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsHierarchy
  The Visual Studio solution explorer hierarchy. This is used to help resolve file paths. Optional.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Source code that can be compiled and run to produce the output defined by the template..

Remarks

For more information, see Run-Time Text Generation by using Preprocessed T4 Text Templates.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

TemplatedPreprocessor Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost Namespace