Visual Studio Templates
A number of predefined project and project item templates are installed when you install Visual Studio. You can use one of the many project templates to create the basic project container and a preliminary set of items for your application, class, control, or library. You can also use one of the many project item templates to create, for example, a Windows Forms application or a Web Forms page to customize as you develop your application.
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| The template architecture described in this section is not supported for Visual C++ projects. For information on creating Visual C++ project templates, see Designing a Wizard. |
In addition to the installed templates that are available in the New Project and Add New Item dialog boxes, you can access templates that you have created or that you have obtained from the community.
This section contains topics that describe how to create, customize, and distribute Visual Studio templates.
In This Section
- Introduction to Visual Studio Templates
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Describes Visual Studio templates and what they contain, and provides an introduction to Starter Kits."
- Visual Studio Template Metadata Files
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Explains the .vstemplate files required for templates.
- Differences Between Project and Item Templates
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Explains the differences in contents and usage between project and item templates.
- Creating Project and Item Templates
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Contains topics that describe how to create project and item templates.
- Customizing Project and Item Templates
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Contains topics that describe how to customize project and item templates.
- Finding and Sharing Project and Item Templates
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Contains topics that describe how to download and share templates.
- Advanced Template Procedures
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Contains topics that describe how to perform advanced procedures such as localizing and signing templates.
- Starter Kits
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Contains topics that describe Starter Kits.
- Using Visual Studio Templates and Policy for Enterprise Applications
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Contains information and procedures on using Visual Studio templates and policy for enterprise applications.
- Default Project Templates in Visual Studio
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Contains descriptions of the default project templates available in Visual Studio 2005.
- Visual Studio Template Reference
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Provides links to reference information about the different aspects of Visual Studio project and item templates.
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Apparently one has to manually(!) remove them from the following directories. Of course, I've duplicate templates (with no version number information) stored somewhere outside these locations, so this is not a complete answer...
For Visual Studio 2005 & 2008:
If installed for all users:
%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual studio 9.0\Common7\Ide\ProjectTemplatesCache
If installed for single users:
%USERPROFILE%\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates
For Visual Studio 2010:
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2010
After deleting those files Run devenv.exe /installvstemplates. It should work.
- 5/10/2010
- Juan de la Vashon
- 11/11/2010
- WinstonPQ
Hi, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS Project templates gets added only when you install SQL Server BI components on your PC. I dont think you can download the templates from anywhere else. Sorry if I am wrong.
-NK
- 7/24/2009
- SQL-BI-MCTS
I am looking for a zipfile for an "Integration Services Project" template to programmatically create a SSIS project, but this doesn't seem to exist. At least not in the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\ where they should be...
What i did find are the files located in directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Business Intelligence Projects
(DataTransformationsProject.ico and DataTransformationsProject.vsz), but i don't know how to create a template of these...
My main goal is to programmatically add packages to an existing project.....
Hopefully someone can help me?
Bart
- 3/24/2009
- Clup_Bart
