Using CustomParameter with Visual Studio Multi-Project Template

Question

I would like to be able to create a Multi-Project Template for a solution which contains the following two projects (where the interface should include a reference to th

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 finally added a built-in way to do this with ProjectTemplateLink

The CopyParameters attribute will enable child access to all the variables of the parent template, with the prefix of ext_.

You don't even need CustomParameters for this. Change your ProjectTemplateLink to this:

  Interface\InterfaceTemplate.vstemplate

And then you can achieve your goal in the child .csproj like so:

  
    {E5511F75-5B9C-4816-B991-E09225661CF4}
    MyTemplate.Business