This wizard installs specific NuGet packages either by version or latest. Since ServiceStack packages are in lock-step with ServiceStack.Interfaces, we can also install multiple packages which the same version as a RootNuGetPackage.
This wizard is used in all ServiceStack templates since it allows the use of latest instead of constantly updating NuGet version numbers in the extension every ServiceStack release.
The NuGet Installer wizard can be used in multi or single project templates, however rootPackage can only be used in the multi project vstemplate as it dictates which version of a package for other projects to install.
For example, a multi project vstemplate file with a root package would declare.
<WizardExtension>
<Assembly>ServiceStackVS.NuGetInstallerWizard, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5020d645716c0b0b</Assembly>
<FullClassName>ServiceStackVS.NuGetInstallerWizard.NuGetPackageInstallerMultiProjectWizard</FullClassName>
</WizardExtension>
<WizardData>
<packages>
<package id="ServiceStack.Interfaces" version="latest" rootPackage="true" />
</packages>
</WizardData>Child projects that specify latest for version or leave it out will pickup the rootPackage version. This is also to minimize the number of requests for latest version to the NuGet v2 servers (which are slow) and speeds up installs for creation of new projects from the template.
This wizard can also be used in individual project vstemplates. The WizardData mimics that of the package.config found in projects. Simply provide the id and the desired version and it will run the NuGet install. For example.
<WizardData>
<packages>
<package id="ServiceStack.Server" version="latest" />
<package id="CefSharp.Common" version="51.0.0" />
<package id="CefSharp.WinForms" version="51.0.0" />
<package id="squirrel.windows" version="1.3.0" />
</packages>
</WizardData>This points at NuGet v2 API and uses NuGet V2 library. This will have to be updated to support NuGet v3 if NuGet v3 is required.