WizardData Element (Visual Studio Templates)
Visual Studio 2012
Specifies custom XML
<WizardData>
<WizardData>
<!-- XML to pass to the custom wizard extension -->
...
</WizardData>
A text value is optional.
This text specifies the custom XML to pass to the custom wizard extension specified in the WizardExtension element.
Any XML can be specified in this element. The XML will be passed as a parameter to the custom wizard extension, allowing the extension to use the contents of this element. No validation is done on this data.
The contents of the WizardData element are passed, unchanged, as a parameter inside the string dictionary of parameters in the IWizard.RunStarted method. The parameter is named $WizardData$.
The following example illustrates the metadata for the standard project template for a Visual C# Windows application.
<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="Item"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
<TemplateData>
<Name>MyTemplate</Name>
<Description>Template using IWizard extension</Description>
<Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
<Project File="MyTemplate.csproj">
<ProjectItem>Form1.cs<ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Form1.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Program.cs</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.resx</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.settings</ProjectItem>
<ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
</Project>
</TemplateContent>
<WizardExtension>
<Assembly>MyWizard, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null</Assembly>
<FullClassName>MyWizard.CustomWizard</FullClassName>
</WizardExtension>
<WizardData>
<!-- XML to pass to the custom wizard extension -->
</WizardData>
</VSTemplate>
