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Visual T4 Features and Editions

Feature   T4 Editor
Community
edition		 T4 Editor
Professional
edition		 T4 Code Generator
edition (*)
Full design-time support for C# code blocks (ala VS ASP.Net editor)   no yes yes
Support for including sub templates   no yes yes
T4 Directives validation   no yes yes
Preview of the transformation output   yes yes yes
Preview of the generated transformation class   no yes yes
Enhanced debugging support   no yes yes
User preferences (via Tools->Option) for colors, indenting, etc.   no yes yes
Property Inspector support for entering template properties   yes yes yes
Support for multiple well known T4 Hosts (VS, GAX and Clarius ones)   yes yes yes
Technical support from Clarius   no yes yes
Support for custom T4 Hosts (WSSF, ASP.NET MVC, etc)   no no yes
Built-in support for generating multiple output files from a single template   no no yes
Friendly DB API to inspect metadata (supporting SQL Server, SQL CE, MySQL, Oracle)   no no yes
Server Explorer integration (drag & drop databases and tables)   no no yes
Drag & Drop XML and XSD files to get typed support in your template   no no yes
MS Build support   no no yes
Typed templates   no no yes
Enhanced Property Inspector support for entering template properties   no no yes
12 Full code generation samples including NHibernate sample.   no no yes

  * The feature set for this edition is by no means final and we may add/remove/modify features before releasing the final product.