Deploying VS templates for a VS Shell Isolated application
If you have read my previous post about item templates, you already know that there are two kinds of templates.
This is also applicable for a VS Shell isolated application, the only thing that changes is the location for Custom Templates and this is because you have you own AppId. (VS Shell application)
So if you want to deploy a Custom Template you need to place it under:
My Documents\Vs Shell Application Name\Templates\
This is also reflected by the following line on the pkgdef file:
"DefaultProjectsLocation"="$MyDocuments$\VSShellStub1"
Also, you need to perform different steps to have the templates displayed on your VS Shell application:
This is the rule:
- If you deploy a Installed template you need to perform Stub.exe /Setup
- If you deploy a Custom template you don't need to do anything, just execute the VS Shell application
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