How to use user input project name in template.json

How to use user input project name in template.json?

I wanna rename some variables by project name, how can I get project name?

I’ve tried to use (name),but it did not work.

[seancpeters]

Ah ok, for something like this, you should use a “derived” type symbol. #1066 has a good explanation of how they work. For your specific situation, something like this should work:

"symbols": {
  "fullName": {
      "type": "derived",
      "valueSource": "name",  // "fullName" value will be derived from "name" value.
      "valueTransform": "prepend",  // the form to use to transform the value.
      "replaces": "ServiceName",
   }
},  // end of symbols section
"forms": {  // forms is a top level element
    "prepend": {
       "identifier": "replace",
       "pattern": "(?<=^)",  // match the start of the string. The lookbehind is probably unnecessary in this case.
       "replacement": "Service."  // replace what was matched by pattern with this value.
    }
}

A simpler method that might work (depending on your situation) is to have the literal “Service.” in your template content. For example if your sourceName = “Company.Application1”, in the content you could have something like this:

Service.Company.Application1

When the file is processed, Company.Application1 will be replaced by the value of the name parameter, but Service. will stay as is.

[TWiesendanger]

Is there a way to use -o input from the user to replace something?