VS2022 & VS2019 support

[hippasus]

Hi Oleg,

I've managed to make this excellent tool targeting to both Visaul Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2022.

It is still using deprecated APIs, however, it works.

Hippasus.

[hippasus]

For anyone who want to use this tool, I'm uploading the built VSIX file here.
For Visual Studio 2019: T4Toolbox.16.0.0.0.vsix.zip
For Visual Studio 2022: T4Toolbox.17.0.0.0.vsix.zip

[islaytitans]

This works a treat, thanks @hippasus

[bn-obelu]

Thank you for great work!

It stopped working since VS 17.2.4 update.

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Error		Running transformation: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommonIDE.Solutions.Dte.DteProjects' in Assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommonIDE, Version=17.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' is not marked as serializable.

Server stack trace: 
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.InternalGetSerializableMembers(RuntimeType type)
   at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.GetOrAdd(TKey key, Func`2 valueFactory)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.GetSerializableMembers(Type type, StreamingContext context)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.WriteObjectInfo.InitMemberInfo()
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.WriteObjectInfo.InitSerialize(Object obj, ISurrogateSelector surrogateSelector, StreamingContext context, SerObjectInfoInit serObjectInfoInit, IFormatterConverter converter, ObjectWriter objectWriter, SerializationBinder binder)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.WriteObjectInfo.Serialize(Object obj, ISurrogateSelector surrogateSelector, StreamingContext context, SerObjectInfoInit serObjectInfoInit, IFormatterConverter converter, ObjectWriter objectWriter, SerializationBinder binder)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectWriter.Serialize(Object graph, Header[] inHeaders, __BinaryWriter serWriter, Boolean fCheck)
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Serialize(Stream serializationStream, Object graph, Header[] headers, Boolean fCheck)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.CrossAppDomainSerializer.SerializeMessageParts(ArrayList argsToSerialize)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.SmuggledMethodReturnMessage..ctor(IMethodReturnMessage mrm)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.SmuggledMethodReturnMessage.SmuggleIfPossible(IMessage msg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.CrossAppDomainSink.DoDispatch(Byte[] reqStmBuff, SmuggledMethodCallMessage smuggledMcm, SmuggledMethodReturnMessage& smuggledMrm)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.CrossAppDomainSink.DoTransitionDispatchCallback(Object[] args)

Exception rethrown at [0]: 
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
   at EnvDTE._Solution.get_Projects()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplatingB5EC13400F541F31CD2FF70C4DE270BF66420DA4352A9431CD2EB6412E99ACEBEDB91B4DA7F9C256938CE1D4BEBE32F59E9FD89030A3D4D1ED0703898B13BE6D.GeneratedTextTransformation.IdeUtils.FindProject(DTE dte, String name) in C:\introniseng\qa\Automation.CodeGeneration\T4\IdeUtils.tt:line 16
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplatingB5EC13400F541F31CD2FF70C4DE270BF66420DA4352A9431CD2EB6412E99ACEBEDB91B4DA7F9C256938CE1D4BEBE32F59E9FD89030A3D4D1ED0703898B13BE6D.GeneratedTextTransformation.TransformText() in C:\introniseng\qa\Automation.Maestro\MaestroClassGenerator.tt:line 9	Miscellaneous Files	C:\introniseng\qa\Automation.CodeGeneration\T4\IdeUtils.tt	16	

[hippasus]

it works on my computer, I'm using VS 17.2.5.

could you please show me your .tt file, are you using something like IServiceProvider.GetService ?

[bn-obelu]

Yes, I was using GetService, now it works with GetCOMService. One thing that I think is not working, if I update a template, the generator dosen't update the file with the changes, any ideea why?

[qideqian]

@hippasus it possible to install in vs2022, but it still cannot be used, presumably because the plug-in implementation is based on.netframwork, and the project I refer to is based on .net8 class library, I wonder if it can be solved?
var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity)));
The BaseEntity is a base class in the.NET 8 class library.

[hippasus]

@hippasus it possible to install in vs2022, but it still cannot be used, presumably because the plug-in implementation is based on.netframwork, and the project I refer to is based on .net8 class library, I wonder if it can be solved? var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity))); The BaseEntity is a base class in the.NET 8 class library.

It can be installed in vs2022 and it just works. I never tried it on net8.0, was using it with .netstandard2.0.

[qideqian]

@hippasus it possible to install in vs2022, but it still cannot be used, presumably because the plug-in implementation is based on.netframwork, and the project I refer to is based on .net8 class library, I wonder if it can be solved? var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity))); The BaseEntity is a base class in the.NET 8 class library.可以在 VS2022 中安装，但还是不能使用，大概是因为插件实现是基于 .netframwork，而我提到的项目是基于 .net8 类库的，不知道能不能解决？ var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity))); BaseEntity 是 the.NET 8 类库中的基类。

It can be installed in vs2022 and it just works. I never tried it on net8.0, was using it with .netstandard2.0.它可以安装在 vs2022 中，并且它就可以正常工作。我从未在 net8.0 上尝试过它，而是将其与 .netstandard2.0 一起使用。

Will.net8 be supported later? After all, the version gap between the merged .NET and .netfromwork is relatively large, and some basic class libraries may not be available in plug-ins written with .netfromwork, such as System.Runtime.

[hippasus]

@hippasus it possible to install in vs2022, but it still cannot be used, presumably because the plug-in implementation is based on.netframwork, and the project I refer to is based on .net8 class library, I wonder if it can be solved? var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity))); The BaseEntity is a base class in the.NET 8 class library.可以在 VS2022 中安装，但还是不能使用，大概是因为插件实现是基于 .netframwork，而我提到的项目是基于 .net8 类库的，不知道能不能解决？ var types = typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(typeof(BaseEntity))); BaseEntity 是 the.NET 8 类库中的基类。

It can be installed in vs2022 and it just works. I never tried it on net8.0, was using it with .netstandard2.0.它可以安装在 vs2022 中，并且它就可以正常工作。我从未在 net8.0 上尝试过它，而是将其与 .netstandard2.0 一起使用。

Will.net8 be supported later? After all, the version gap between the merged .NET and .netfromwork is relatively large, and some basic class libraries may not be available in plug-ins written with .netfromwork, such as System.Runtime.

just tried with .net8, it works just fine. could you share more information about your tt file?

[qideqian]

@hippasus TestT4Toolbox.zip

[hippasus]

@hippasus TestT4Toolbox.zip

I saw what you were doing... interesting... you were referencing a .net8.0 dll in your text template file. Maybe you can find a modern way to generate code Introducing C# Source Generators