Hi

I want to use custom libraryin my t4 template


I registered Custom.dll in GAC
Thensimply added template as .tt file in VS project
After pressing Saveit works fine, generating the output

Then i includedthis template into existing Guidance Package asCustomTemplate.cs.t4 file

<Action Name="CustomAction" Type="TextTemplateAction" Template="CustomTemplate.cs.t4">
...
</Action>

And this action in the Guidance Package recipe runs with error:

Error: Compiling transformation: Metadata file 'Custom' could not be found

So how can i provide access to my custom.dll from the template which runs from Guidance Package ?

Thank you for advance

Hi Hamanu,

When you say "after pressing save" I'm guessing that you're using a Vs2008 custom tool to generate the template if so, in that case you're using the VisualStudio host which can resolve the assemblies from the GAC, but when you run a template from an action or any other place but in the context of GAX, you're using the GAX host, which use some particular folders to resolve the assemblies.

Those dirs are:
- GP Private Bin where the configuration file is located,
- Vs PublicAssemblies
- Vs PrivateAssemblies

hth
jose.

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Jose Escrich - weblogs.asp.net/jescrich

Thank you, i will try
By the way, GP Private BIN - is this <GP Source>/Bin/Debug folder where compiled GP lies ?