Iposted a workaround for the issue that has the UnfoldTemplateAction which are not replacing the gax parameters into the templates.

You can find it here: http://weblogs.asp.net/jescrich/archive/2007/10/05/dealing-with-the-unfoldtemplateaction-and-parameter-replacement.aspx

hth

jose.

Hi Jose,

Could you please post whats required for each parameter?

I set it up with:

<Action Name="CreateProject" Type="MyPackage.Actions.ExtendedUnfoldTemplateAction, MyPackage">
<Input Name="ItemName" RecipeArgument="ProjectName"/>
<Input Name="TemplatePath" RecipeArgument="TemplatePath"/>
<Input Name="Root" RecipeArgument="SolutionPath"/>
<Input Name="DestinationFolder" RecipeArgument="ProjectPath"/>
<Output Name="NewItem"/>
</Action >


Where:
ProjectName is a string with the name I want for the project.
TemplatePath is the full path to the template I want to use.
Root is the full path to the root folder for my current solution.
ProjectPath is the path where I want the project created.

I debug through the action, and I dont get an error from the unfoldTemplateAction.Execute(); call, however the unfoldTemplateAction.NewItem property doesnt get set, and the project isnt created. Am I passing the wrong information for any of them? Do I need to be setting any other information?

Another question, what benefit do we get from using the unfoldTemplateAction?

I replaced:

unfoldTemplateAction.Template = templatePath;
unfoldTemplateAction.ItemName = itemName;
unfoldTemplateAction.Root = root;
unfoldTemplateAction.DestinationFolder = destinationFolder;
unfoldTemplateAction.Execute();

With:

DTE dte = base.GetService<DTE>(true);
this.newItem = dte.Solution.AddFromTemplate(TemplatePath, DestinationFolder, ItemName, false);

And it worked for me. Is there any reason not to just do it that way?

Hi Ben,

The UnfoldTemplateAction resolve how to add the template to the root item due to there are different ways to add a template if the root is a Solution, a SolutionFolder or just a Project. So with that approach you should use different actions for each root type.

The issue with the newItem seems a bug in the UnfoldTemplateAction builtin action. I'll look into it and get back to you.

jose.

Thanks Jose.

That makes sense, and for my needs writing my own actions for each scenario gives me the control I need.

Hmm, I was passing in a path as a root, sounds like I should have been passing the object I wanted as the root? That may be what was causing the newItem issue.

Thanks for all your help Jose, its really appreciated!

- Ben

Jose,

Thanks a lot for this. It worked like a charm.

-Jeff