build a single output with CodeSmith csp

Question

CodeSmith project files (csp) allow multiple outputs defined and run together. I would like to re-generate only a single output from the command line the way the UI allows. Is there a command line switch to cs.exe I'm missing that will allow me to target a single propertySet in the csp file?

Answer 1

There is no command line switch to cs.exe that allows this. You have to roll your own.

CodeSmith.Engine.Schema.CodeSmithProject has static method LoadFile(string) and property PropertySets.

The CodeSmith.Engine.CodeTemplate.RestorePropertiesFromPropertySet(PropertySet, baseDirectory) method allows you populate the Properties on a CodeTemplate instance.

Tie this together with the SDK sample for instantiating and executing a CodeTemplate https://codesmith.atlassian.net/wiki/display/Generator/Using+the+Generator+SDK.