VSIX with Project Templates and NuGet Packages

Question

I have been following this post about how to build a VSIX project that will add some custom MVC project types:

http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/custom-mvc-temp

Answer 1

To download latest versions of NuGet packages plus all their dependencies add a following class to your vsix:

public class MyProjectWizard : IWizard
{
    IEnumerable _packages;

    public void RunStarted(object automationObject, Dictionary replacementsDictionary, WizardRunKind runKind, object[] customParams)
    {
        if (customParams.Length > 0) {
            var vstemplate = XDocument.Load((string)customParams[0]);
            _packages = vstemplate.Root
                .ElementsNoNamespace("WizardData")
                .ElementsNoNamespace("packages")
                .ElementsNoNamespace("package")
                .Select(e => e.Attribute("id").Value)
                .ToList();
        }
    }

    public void ProjectFinishedGenerating(Project project)
    {
        var componentModel = (IComponentModel)Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(SComponentModel));
        var _installer = componentModel.GetService();

        foreach (var package in _packages) {
            _installer.InstallLatestPackage(null, project, package, false, false);
        }
    }
}

And then use following in vstemplate:

  
    MyProjectWizard, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=22c2a1a5fa7b6905
    MyProjectWizard.MyProjectWizard