how customizing scaffolding template and change .cs.t4 file in MVC

Question

in MVC when we need a form like below that create a new item of my model, we add a strongly type view on the model with create scaffold template, model:

public class book
{
    [Key]
    public int BId { get; set; }
    [Display(Name = "نام")]
    public string name { get; set; }
    [Display(Name = "نویسنده")]
    public string writer { get; set; }
    [Display(Name = "ناشر")]
    public string publisher { get; set; }
    [Display(Name = "سال انتشار")]
    public string year { get; set; }
} `

the result is something like this:

    @model مدرسه.Models.book
`@{
    ViewBag.Title = "BookStore";
} `
` <h2>BookStore</h2>`
    @using (Html.BeginForm()) {
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true) 
    <fieldset>
        <legend>book</legend>
        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.name)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.name)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.name)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.writer)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.writer)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.writer)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.publisher)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.publisher)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.publisher)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.year)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.year)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.year)
        </div>
        <p>
            <input type="submit" value="Create" />
        </p>
    </fieldset>
`}`

    <div>
    @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</div> 

 `@section Scripts {
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
} `

this template follow this path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Web\Mvc\Scaffolding

what i need is a knowledge to how change this file and in fact what is this file and what part change the template ?

i want to haw my custom template and want to edit the .cs.t4 file. how to edit ? should i create new file and replace it with old one? — mina a.beigi, Feb 09 '16 at 06:53
correct me if iam wrong. you have created a template and then you want to customize the page right — anand, Feb 09 '16 at 06:55
yes, i want to change the based html code in the .cs.t4 files. — mina a.beigi, Feb 09 '16 at 07:00
i found a link to[Modifying the default code generation/scaffolding templates in ASP.NET MVC](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ModifyingTheDefaultCodeGenerationscaffoldingTemplatesInASPNETMVC.aspx) — mina a.beigi, Feb 14 '16 at 07:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '16 at 07:08

0

First create a custom layout(template) in the Shared Folder in view according to the page requirement.
Then on scaffolding, choose the layout (customized template), model etc and click ok. Thats all

answered Feb 09 '16 at 07:08

anand

1,559
5
21
45

this solution is choosing a .cshtml file but still the form that it has a default template replaced with `@RenderBody()` . i want to change that default aschema . for example `
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.name) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.name)
` replace with my custom html like `

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.name) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.name)
` for all view that i create with strongly type!
– mina a.beigi Feb 09 '16 at 07:21
i want to add some tags in the scaffolding template file (`.cs.t4`) – mina a.beigi Feb 09 '16 at 07:26
you have to create a customize template – anand Feb 09 '16 at 07:34
1

in view folder -> Shared folder -> create a new view file according to your requirement – anand Feb 09 '16 at 07:38
i think you misunderstand it or my English is very bad to explain my problem :-D anyway so much thanks for your try. – mina a.beigi Feb 09 '16 at 07:58
did you use scaffolding before – anand Feb 09 '16 at 08:00
Of course! its a default template on MVC always add to my strongly type views! – mina a.beigi Feb 09 '16 at 08:07
then use simple process. first create a page by scaffolding and change the page as you like – anand Feb 09 '16 at 08:10
so i need to change for all 45 page i have! – mina a.beigi Feb 09 '16 at 08:13
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/102968/discussion-between-anand-and-mina-a-beigi). – anand Feb 09 '16 at 08:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '20 at 09:13

Weirdly, it was so hard to find...

Global edit:

You can modify the original templates, which will globally affect scaffolding across all Visual Studio projects. The original T4 scaffold templates are located in the %programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Web\Mvc\Scaffolding\Templates folder.

Project-specific edit:

To create project-specific templates, copy the files you want to override from the original T4 scaffold folder to a folder in the ASP.NET MVC Web project called CodeTemplates (it must have this exact name). By convention, the scaffold subsystem first looks in the MVC project’s CodeTemplates folder for a template match.

For this to work, you must precisely replicate the specific sub-folder names and file names you see in the original templates folder.

Further read: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2014/june/asp-net-mvc-override-the-default-scaffold-templates

how customizing scaffolding template and change .cs.t4 file in MVC

2 Answers2