How to: Add an Expression to Text Templates

You can use text templates to generate code, XML, reports, or other artifacts from models. A text template file contains a mixture of text blocks and control logic. Use the control logic to combine the text blocks with the data that a model holds to produce an output file.

The Expression Syntax (Domain-Specific Languages) block contains strings that are generated in the culture specified in the culture parameter of the template directive. Use the Expression Syntax (Domain-Specific Languages) block to add an expression. For more information, see How to: Specify a Culture in Text Templates.

To add an expression to a text template

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the text template file that you want to edit, and then click Open.

   The template opens in the editor. In text templates, use an opening "<#=" tag and a closing "#>" tag toi delineate code expressions.

2. Add the following expression to the template:

   <#
      foreach(ModelType type in this.ClassModel.Types)
      {
         if (type is ModelClass)
         {
   #>
            <#= type.Name #>
   <#
         }
      }
   #>
   

   <#
      Dim type as ModelType
      For Each type in Me.ClassModel.Types
         If TypeOf(type) Is ModelClass Then
   #>
            <#= type.Name #>
   <#
         End If
      Next
   #>
   

For an example of how to create a fully coded and running text template, see Walkthrough: Creating and Running Text Templates.

Security

For more information, see Security of Text Templates.

See Also

Concepts

Adding Code to Text Templates

Using Built-in Directives in Text Templates

Generating Artifacts Using Text Templates