ITextTemplating.ProcessTemplate Method

Process the template file as a design-time template, so as to produce completed output.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.Interfaces.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.Interfaces.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ProcessTemplate ( _
    inputFile As String, _
    content As String, _
    callback As ITextTemplatingCallback, _
    hierarchy As Object _
) As String

string ProcessTemplate(
    string inputFile,
    string content,
    ITextTemplatingCallback callback,
    Object hierarchy
)

String^ ProcessTemplate(
    String^ inputFile, 
    String^ content, 
    ITextTemplatingCallback^ callback, 
    Object^ hierarchy
)

abstract ProcessTemplate : 
        inputFile:string * 
        content:string * 
        callback:ITextTemplatingCallback * 
        hierarchy:Object -> string 

function ProcessTemplate(
    inputFile : String, 
    content : String, 
    callback : ITextTemplatingCallback, 
    hierarchy : Object
) : String

Parameters

• inputFile
  Type: System.String
  The filename of the template, for reference in error reports. Optional.

• content
  Type: System.String
  The text of the template.

• callback
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost.ITextTemplatingCallback
  A class that you provide to handle error messages. Optional.

• hierarchy
  Type: System.Object
  The location of the template file in the Visual Studio solution hierarchy, for error reports. Optional.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The text generated by the template..

Remarks

For more information, see Invoking Text Transformation in a VS Extension.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ITextTemplating Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.VSHost Namespace