Speed Up with Project Templates Using Visual Studio 2005

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by Ameet Phadnis
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Installing the assembly in GAC

There are various methods for installing the assembly in GAC. For this article I will explain how to install the assembly using .NET framework 2.0 configuration tools.

· Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools and in Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 Configuration tool.

Figure 5

· Expand My Computer.

· Click on Assembly Cache.

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· Click on Add an Assembly to the Assembly Cache Link.

· The Add an Assembly dialog box will open.

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· Select the Wizard assembly.

· You can view the assemblies by clicking on View List of Assemblies in the Assembly Cache.

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You will notice that ArticleWizard has been added to the assembly cache now.

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User Comments

Title: Clarification
Name: Jon
Date: 2007-01-09 3:34:33 PM
Comment:
As a clarification, VS will still use the old version even after I go into the cache through the control panel and remove it.

Title: Development Process
Name: Jon
Date: 2007-01-09 3:32:22 PM
Comment:
What's the best way to actually build and test a wizard from the ground up?

I have my build process for the Wizard's project set up to sign the DLL and automatically add itself to the GAC (using: "gacutil.exe /if $(TargetPath)").

The problem is they will stay in the cache after every rebuild, so I need to either update the version number in the vsTemplate file and the project after each compile, or restart Visual Studio each time I want to test a new build.

Advice?

Title: VB Bug ?
Name: frisla
Date: 2006-09-20 9:52:51 AM
Comment:
Hi A

The test for C# and VB.NET wore created as separated projects - C# Custom wizard and template project, VB Custom wizard and template project.

In VB as soon as I try to access my IWizard implementation, my VB template project wil not unfold, hence the error message. The template itself executes perfectly, but again as soon as I try to reference my custom wizard, using an "WizardExtension" entry in the xx.vstemplate I get the error message.

Any suggestions

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Title: No
Name: Ameet
Date: 2006-09-19 7:37:26 PM
Comment:
The article was written using VB.NET and not C#.NET.

Check whether you have created the template itself for C#.NET...

Title: VB Bug ?
Name: frisla
Date: 2006-09-19 4:01:54 PM
Comment:
Why is it you get a, "Unable to copy the file 'Application.myapp' from the project template to the project. Cannot find file ...." failure when you use VB.NET (2005), but using C# is a walk in the park ??????

Is the execution of the IWizard interface different in VB.NET ?????

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