It's been a while since I last used T4 and this is probably a silly question...
Is it possible to reference an arbitrary assembly from a template?
Example:
- I have a class that I'd like to use in Project X
- Project X.Test references X and contains the .tt file
I assume the following should work
<#@ assembly name="X" #>
But I get the following error on save:
Compiling transformation: Metadata file 'X' could not be found
What am I doing wrong?
(In case anyone's interested: I'm trying to automatically generate a particular type of tests based on some metadata that I get from X)
Update: it looks like VS2010 has broken the assembly resolution behavior that I was expecting. From http://blogs.msdn.com/b/garethj/archive/2010/04/15/what-s-new-in-t4-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx:
T4's assembly set is completely separated from the containing project's assembly set to avoid picking up the wrong assemblies when a project targets previous framework versions. Project assemblies are no longer used to resolve template assembly directives.
Are there any workarounds, besides using absolute paths?