visual studio 2010 - How to prompt user developers for project-specific values when they create a Project from a Custom Template? -

i creating project export project template, using this , this guidance.

these sharepoint 2010 projects created using visual studio 2010.

what have happen user prompted several values (above , beyond solution name) when start new project , select template create. want let them change default names of webpart , user control outset, example.

i getting mixed signals, though, on whether possible. code below here seems indicate user/developer needs add customparameters .vstemplate file, , these values read replace placeholder values. "official" (ms example) code:

<templatecontent>     ...     <customparameters>         <customparameter name="$myparameter1$" value="myvalue1"/>         <customparameter name="$myparameter2$" value="myvalue2"/>     </customparameters> </templatecontent> 

but if that's has done, don't see benefit on putting "todos" in code, , having users/developers global search & replace after opening project.

so i'd "sanity check" in know wheter need do:

is have do:

0) create project 1) export project template 2) alter .vstemplate file, adding code above 

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that seems steps "how to" recommending. main question is, doing prompt user developers of template replacement values (overwriting "myvalue1" , "myvalue2"), or user developers have modify *.vstemplate file add replacement vaues directly? if latter, don't see benefit - locating , altering *.vstemplate file prior creating new project based on template seems far kludgier adding "todo" messages in code replace , value.

iow, user/developer have open *.vstemplate file, replacing both "name"s , "value"s wants, such changing this:

<customparameters>     <customparameter name="$title$" value="replace placeholder title"/>     <customparameter name="$description$" value="replace placeholder description"/> </customparameters> 

...to this:

<customparameters>     <customparameter name="$title$" value="a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court"/>     <customparameter name="$description$" value="hammerin' hank morgan le fay vincent van gogh fly kite runner"/> </customparameters> 

(assuming template saved original developer (me) has added replaceable params in project named "$title$" , "$description$"?

for curious not want export project template see such *.vstemplate file might contain, here pretty generic one, in full:

<vstemplate version="3.0.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005" type="project">   <templatedata>     <name>spwftemplate</name>     <description>this starting projects create webforms based on existing pdfs</description>     <projecttype>csharp</projecttype>     <projectsubtype>     </projectsubtype>     <sortorder>1000</sortorder>     <createnewfolder>true</createnewfolder>     <defaultname>spwftemplate</defaultname>     <providedefaultname>true</providedefaultname>     <locationfield>enabled</locationfield>     <enablelocationbrowsebutton>true</enablelocationbrowsebutton>     <icon>__templateicon.ico</icon>   </templatedata>   <templatecontent>     <project targetfilename="spwftemplate.csproj" file="spwftemplate.csproj" replaceparameters="true">       <folder name="features" targetfoldername="features">         <folder name="feature1" targetfoldername="feature1">           <projectitem replaceparameters="false" targetfilename="feature1.feature">feature1.feature</projectitem>           <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="feature1.template.xml">feature1.template.xml</projectitem>         </folder>       </folder>       <folder name="package" targetfoldername="package">         <projectitem replaceparameters="false" targetfilename="package.package">package.package</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="package.template.xml">package.template.xml</projectitem>       </folder>       <folder name="properties" targetfoldername="properties">         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="assemblyinfo.cs">assemblyinfo.cs</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="false" targetfilename="key.snk">key.snk</projectitem>       </folder>       <folder name="spwftemplatevisualwebpart" targetfoldername="spwftemplatevisualwebpart">         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="elements.xml">elements.xml</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="false" targetfilename="sharepointprojectitem.spdata">sharepointprojectitem.spdata</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="spwftemplatevisualwebpart.cs">spwftemplatevisualwebpart.cs</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="false" targetfilename="spwftemplatevisualwebpart.webpart">spwftemplatevisualwebpart.webpart</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx">spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx.cs">spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx.cs</projectitem>         <projectitem replaceparameters="true" targetfilename="spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx.designer.cs">spwftemplatevisualwebpartusercontrol.ascx.designer.cs</projectitem>       </folder>     </project>   </templatecontent> </vstemplate>