Do not check-out TT file under TFS(Source Safe) source control

[psulek]

There can be request (as i have) to not checkout *.tt file which is in my case associated under TFS source control.

To avoid this you must change code in file AutoT4MVCPackage.cs, method RunTemplates , replace current code:

if (!t4MvcTemplate.IsOpen)
   t4MvcTemplate.Open();
t4MvcTemplate.Save();

with this ones:

var projectItem = t4MvcTemplate.Object as VSProjectItem;
if (projectItem != null)
{
    projectItem.RunCustomTool();
}
else
{
    if (!t4MvcTemplate.IsOpen)
        t4MvcTemplate.Open();
    t4MvcTemplate.Save();
}

Here is important change RunCustomTool which execute T4 template without checkout file if file is under TFS.

[bennor]

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't realise it was possible to get access to the "Run Custom Tool" command. I'm going to push out an update within the next week or so, and I will include this in it.

[psulek]

Good to hear that you include it in official release. Anyway this vs extension is great. We are starting new MVC4 project with this extension.

[bennor]

I've just updated the extension in the gallery, so if you update it should no longer check out the template. Thanks for your comments, but the magic happens in the T4MVC template itself, which I can't take any credit for.