Engine::ProcessTemplate Method (String^, ITextTemplatingEngineHost^)
Transforms the contents of a text template file to produce the generated text output.
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.12.0.dll)
public: virtual String^ ProcessTemplate( String^ content, ITextTemplatingEngineHost^ host ) sealed
Parameters
- content
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Type:
System::String^
The contents of the text template file to be transformed.
- host
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Type:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating::ITextTemplatingEngineHost^
The ITextTemplatingEngineHost that will host this engine.
| Exception | Condition |
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| ArgumentNullException | content is null. -or- host is null. |
In Visual Studio, if a file has its Custom Tool property set to TextTemplatingFileGenerator, clicking Run Custom Tool in the user interface corresponds to calling ProcessTemplate to transform the template.
For more information, see and Processing Text Templates by using a Custom Host.b3d93bb5-f805-4ed1-8509-111ce8ce119b
Tip |
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If you are writing a package or extension that will run within Visual Studio, consider using the text templating service instead of writing your own host. For more information, see Invoking Text Transformation in a VS Extension. |
The following example demonstrates how to create an instance of the Engine, and calling ProcessTemplate to transform a text template.
This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ITextTemplatingEngineHost interface.
