CustomParameter Element (Visual Studio Templates)
Contains a custom parameter name and value to use when a project or item is created from the template.
<CustomParameter Name="name" Value="value">
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Required. The name of the parameter. The format for parameters is $name$. |
Value | Required. The replacement value for the parameter. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
Groups the custom parameters that are to be passed to the template wizard when the wizard makes parameter replacements. |
The following example shows how to use several custom parameters in a template. When a project or item is created from a template with the following custom parameters, all instances of $color1$ and $color2$ in the template files will be replaced with Red and Blue, respectively.
<CustomParameters>
<CustomParameter Name="$color1$" Value="Red"/>
<CustomParameter Name="$color2$" Value="Blue "/>
</CustomParameters>
