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==Overview==
T4 is used by [[Developer (software)|developers]] as part of an application or tool [[Framework (computer science)|framework]] to automate the creation of text files with a variety of parameters. These text files can ultimately be any text format, such as code (for example [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]), [[XML template engine|XML]], [[HTML]] or [[XAML Browser Applications|XAML]].
T4 uses a custom template format which can contain .NET code and [[string literal]]s in it, this is parsed by the T4 command line tool into .NET code, compiled and executed. The output of the executed code is the text file generated by the template.<ref name="Templatesza">{{citation|author=Web Templates|title=Website templates|url=http://www.websitetemplates.org.za/website-templates-type/|accessdate=19 November 2013|year=2013|publisher=Website Templates South Africa|isbn=978-1-4251-3374-0}}</ref> T4 can also be completely run within the .NET applications via the use of the TextTransformation class which eliminates the need for the end user to have Visual Studio installed.
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