Common Visual Studio 2010 Item Templates
Part of the Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
When working with projects in Visual Studio 2010, you’ll encounter a dizzying array of item templates to help you create your projects. The following table describes many of the common templates to help you along the way.
| Item Template | Description |
|---|---|
| Application Configuration File | Stores application settings for a Windows application |
| Class | Empty class-definition file |
| Class Diagram | Model of new or existing classes |
| Crystal Report | Report using Crystal Reports |
| DataSet | Stores data using DataSet Designer |
| HTML Page | Web page using HTML |
| Icon File | A Windows icon file |
| Report | Report using SQL Server Reporting Services |
| Settings File | XML configuration file |
| Site Map | Describes flow of Web pages in a Web application |
| SQL Database | Empty database for storing local data |
| Style Sheet | Cascading Style Sheet |
| User Control (WPF) | Windows Presentation Foundation user control |
| User Control | Reusable custom control |
| Web Configuration File | Stores application settings for a Web application |
| Web Form | User interface for Web applications |
| Web Service | Code file for a Web service |
| Windows Form | User interface for a Windows application |
| Windows Script Host | A file containing script run as a Windows program |
| XML File | Empty XML document |
| XML Schema | Describes contents of an XML document |
| XSLT File | Contains a stylesheet used to transform XML documents |
