[MonoDevelop] Custom code generation tool

Michael Hutchinson m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 01:20:29 UTC 2013


Custom tools have been supported for a long time:
http://mjhutchinson.com/journal/2010/05/03/t4_templates_monodevelop

On 26 January 2013 15:42, Michael <mwpowellhtx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was reading that awhile back MD wasn't capable of running any custom code
> generation tools. Has that changed since MD 3.x?
>
> What we've got is some Xml-based "widget" specifications that I'd like to
> generate the code behind and design files.
>
> What we would start off with is something like this:
>
> <widget /> in a file called MyWidget.wxml. The tool should generate the
> design and code behind code like this: MyWidget.cs and MyWidget.Designer.cs
> and if it could show a rendered designer too, that would be handy.
>
> Project-wise, the code would need to land in the expected project places, as
> sub-items to the MyWidget.wxml node.
>
> Not unlike what we might expect in the Visual Studio world, only for MD.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
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