Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to create a Solution Template in VS2010? I need to create a solution with several projects already created....
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You can find a blog post with an example at http://bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2010/05/creating-f-solution-template-for-visual.html.
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3Direct link to MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185308(v=VS.100).aspx – jgauffin Nov 22 '10 at 15:50
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I guess this is the direct link to the blog post: http://bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2010/05/creating-f-solution-template-for-visual.html – Juri Apr 21 '11 at 08:12
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F# - eww! hairball! ick! – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven May 07 '15 at 16:42
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Solution templates do not exist. A VSTemplate type can be Project or Item, reference is here. This is also visible from File + Export Template.
Maybe you could write a macro to copy/create the required files.
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3If that is true (and I am not disputing what you're saying) then how does someone create a template like some of the starter kits? I found this online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185308 (how to create multi-project templates. Maybe that is what I'm looking for.... – devlife Apr 27 '10 at 11:42
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Yes, looks to me that this ought to be a good start for 2010 projects. Bummer on the crummy docs. The start kits were project templates afaik. – Hans Passant Apr 27 '10 at 13:24
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There is a link "How To: Create Multi-Project Templates" which sounds like a Solution template to me. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms185308(v=vs.100).aspx – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven May 07 '15 at 17:43
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That's not a VS template, but you can use tempify to create folder templates - http://opensource.endjin.com/templify/
"Templify has two modes – Create and Deploy. In Create mode you can take a pre-existing solution and turn it into a deployable template..."
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