One of the easiest ways to show instant template feedback for long running templates is by using the Progress Bar that the CodeSmith Engine API provides. If you've ever used the Progress control in Winforms you'll find this control very similar in usage and very easy to use. The progress bar...
CodeSmith 4.0 delivers strong integration within Visual Studio and ActiveSnippets are a driver toward increasing developer productivity. ActiveSnippets, at a high level, are CodeSmith templates with exposure to the entire .Net Framework which you can utilize with a few keystrokes inside of Visual Studio...