NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp (Visual Studio Templates)

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Specifies the number of parent categories that will display the template in the New Project dialog box.

<VSTemplate>
   <TemplateData>
     <NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp>

<NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp>
    1
</NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

TemplateData

Categorizes the template and defines how it displays in either the New Project or the Add New Item dialog box.

Text Value

An integer value is required.

This value specifies the number of parent categories that will display the template in the New Project dialog box.

Remarks

NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp is an optional element.

Example

This example illustrates the metadata for a Visual C# Windows application. If a template with this metadata is placed two folder levels below the top level Visual C# node, the template will appear in the top level node in the New Project dialog box. If the NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp is not set, the template only appears in the node in which it is physically located.

<VSTemplate Type="Project" Version="3.0.0"
    xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
    <TemplateData>
        <Name>My template</Name>
        <Description>A basic starter kit</Description>
        <Icon>TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
        <ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
        <NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp>2</NumberOfParentCategoriesToRollUp>
    </TemplateData>
    <TemplateContent>
        <Project File="MyStarterKit.csproj">
            <ProjectItem>Form1.cs<ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Form1.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Program.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.resx</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Resources.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.settings</ProjectItem>
            <ProjectItem>Properties\Settings.Designer.cs</ProjectItem>
        </Project>
    </TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>

See Also

Reference

Visual Studio Template Schema Reference

Concepts

Creating Templates for Projects and Items in Visual Studio