Running a T4 template using C#

Question

I have T4 template (mycode.tt) which generates a cs file. I usually right click the tt file and select RunCustomTool which internally takes an xml file and generate code for me. Now i want to run the custom tool using a c# windows application. So onclick of a button i want to run the Custom Tool . Is it possible to run the CustomTool from c#.

Edit:

I have 2 tt files and one of them doesn't have a codebehind cs file. But another has a .cs file attached with it and i am invoking the second file's TransformText() method from the first .tt file. So i need to invoke the first file.So i cannot use the TransformText() method. Is there a way to dynamically call the textTemplate file ?

Answer 1

I'd recommend the preprocessed route as answered above by @jb_.

As an alternative, if you need your templates to still be editable without a compile step for use with your custom C# application, and the application will only be deployed on machines alongside Visual Studio, you can write a custom host.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb126519.aspx