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C++ in GAX

Hi, has someone try to use GAX with c++ and has a sample?

I created a Solution with some projects with c# and it works fine.
Now I have to do the same for c++ but it seem GAX don’t supply c++. C++ has no templates only wizard.
Has someone experience with this?

Thanks

mGfeller Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:08 AM

What you may have found is that VS support for automating C++ projects is quite different than its C# or VB counterpart ones. This is the main entry page to C++ automation support in VS:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/174179de(VS.80).aspx

What is exactly what you're trying to achieve that is failing?

thanks,
-vga.

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vga Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:40 PM

Hi, thanks for your replay.

I was looking for a workaround:I will use the same struktur as in C# where you can export a template anduse it in a vstemplate (green comment):

<VSTemplateVersion="2.0"Type="ProjectGroup"xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005"> 

<TemplateData>

<Name>SWAPSolution</Name>

<Description>GuidancePackagethatcreateaSolution.</Description>

<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>

<SortOrder>91</SortOrder>

<Icon>SWAPSolution.ico</Icon>

<CreateNewFolder>false</CreateNewFolder>

<DefaultName>Solution</DefaultName>

<ProvideDefaultName>true</ProvideDefaultName>

</TemplateData>

<TemplateContent>

<ProjectCollection>

<!--<ProjectTemplateLinkProjectName="$SolutionNameSpace$.$SolutionName$">Projects\Runtime\Runtime.vstemplate</ProjectTemplateLink>--></ProjectCollection> 

</TemplateContent>

<WizardExtension>

<Assembly>Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio,Version=1.0.51206.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</Assembly> 

<FullClassName>Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.Templates.UnfoldTemplate</FullClassName>

</WizardExtension>

<WizardData>

<Templatexmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-template"SchemaVersion="1.0"Recipe="CreateSolution"> 

</Template>

</WizardData>

</VSTemplate>

But c++ doesn't supportvstemplate.
I have solve it: I copy the whole "sample" project and replace the tokens myself.

It works, but I'm not really happyabout it.

thanks

Proposed As Answer byvga Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:12 AM

mGfeller Monday, June 23, 2008 7:01 AM

That's a limitation of the C++ project system then. You may want to use Connect to submit a suggestion to the C++ team so they consider adding this for a future version.

-vga.

Working with GAX/GAT/DSL? Download SFT now! http://softwarefactoriestoolkit.net

vga Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:12 AM

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