Get Visual Studio to run a T4 Template on every build

Question

How do I get a T4 template to generate its output on every build? As it is now, it only regenerates it when I make a change to the template.

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Answer 1

Hey, my script can also parse output extension

for /r %1 %%f in (*.tt) do (
 for /f "tokens=3,4 delims==, " %%a in (%%f) do (
  if %%~a==extension "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\TextTemplating\1.2\texttransform.exe" -out %%~pnf.%%~b -P %%~pf -P "%ProgramFiles%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5" %%f
 )
)
echo Exit Code = %ERRORLEVEL%

Just create transform_all.bat $(SolutionDir) pre-build event, and all *.tt files in your solution will be transformed automaticaly.