{"id":22011,"date":"2013-12-26T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T21:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/aspnet\/?p=22011"},"modified":"2013-12-26T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T21:04:23","slug":"how-to-customize-the-generated-files-from-the-new-scaffolded-item-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/how-to-customize-the-generated-files-from-the-new-scaffolded-item-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"How to customize the generated files from the New Scaffolded Item dialog"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Visual Studio 2013 we introduced the Add New Scaffolded Item dialog. This dialog replaced the Add View\/Add Controllers ASP.NET MVC dialog which was had in 2012. This new dialog works for all ASP.NET projects (MVC, Web Forms and Web API). This is one example of how we are delivering on the \u201cOne ASP.NET\u201d vision. We\u2019ve also released the same support for Visual Studio 2012, checkout our previous post at http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/webdev\/archive\/2013\/11\/18\/announcing-release-of-asp-net-and-web-tools-2013-1-for-visual-studio-2012.aspx<\/a> for more info on how to get started in VS2012 with the new features.<\/p>\n

One of the really great features that we had with the Add View\/Add Controller ASP.NET MVC dialog was the ability to override the generated output of the dialog box. The method to do this was pretty simple. If you wanted to tweak the result of the dialog box you\u2019d have to copy the corresponding T4 file (more info on T4<\/a>) into the right spot in your project, modify it to suit your needs and after that when you invoke the dialog box the updated t4 file(s) will be used instead of the default ones. We follow this same pattern. We\u2019ve simplified the end-to-end flow though by using SideWaffle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this post I\u2019ll first describe how you can customize the generated contents of the New Scaffoldded Item dialog box as well as explain how that works. To simplify the end-to-end flow we will be using using SideWaffle<\/a>. I\u2019ve got some steps at the bottom regarding the usage in case you would like to avoid installing SideWaffle<\/a>. Try the steps below to get started.<\/p>\n

How to customize the generated output<\/h2>\n

To customize the generated content for a particular project follow these steps.<\/p>\n

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  1. Download and install SideWaffle<\/a> if you haven\u2019t already<\/li>\n
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    Right click on your web project and chose Add New Item. Select the template shown in the image below and click OK.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \"SNAGHTMLf263605\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n