Visual Studio multi-project templates rename namespaces and project names

Question

I\'ve successfully created a multi-project solution template. What I would like to do, however, is to rename the beginning of each project with the name of the solution.

Answer 1

If your main .vstemplate (the solution's one) is like the example below, you can use variables defined in wizard's dictionary to rename project folders and .csproj to whatever names you want.

    
        My Web Server Solution with DAL
        Creates Projects for Web Server DAL and adds them to a new or existing solution
        
        CSharp
        My
        WebServer
        2
        My
        My.Dal.Web.Template
    
    
        
            
                Children\Model\ProjectTemplate.vstemplate
            
            
                Children\SharedModelContracts\ProjectTemplate.vstemplate
            
            
                Children\RepositoryInterfaces\ProjectTemplate.vstemplate
            
            
                Children\RepositoryImplementation\ProjectTemplate.vstemplate
            
            
                Children\RepositoryExtensions\ProjectTemplate.vstemplate
            
        
    
    
        My.WebServerDalExtension.Wizard, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5c93c79b0feae916
        My.WebServerDalExtension.Wizard.Controller
    

Use similar changes to addition .vstemplates (the projects' .vstemplates) to rename the .csproj files.