Is it possible to use latin character in comments of t4 template?

Question

I'm trying to create a portuguese comments in a t4 template of the Add Controller in my project.

The comments in t4 template:

/// <summary>
/// Controller que trata as requisições de pesquisa, inclusão, alteração e exclusão de <#= mvcHost.ControllerName.Replace("Controller", "") #>.
/// </summary>

The problem is when i add a controller, the comments appear like this:

/// <summary>
/// Controller que trata as requisi��es de pesquisa, inclus�o, altera��o e exclus�o de Teste.
/// </summary>

Obs: The square is the black "? diamond" symbol.

So, how can i use latin characteres in a t4 template?

My Template:

<#@ template language="C#" HostSpecific="True" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" encoding="UTF-8" #> 
<#
MvcTextTemplateHost mvcHost = (MvcTextTemplateHost)(Host);
#>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace <#= mvcHost.Namespace #>
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Controller que trata as requisições de pesquisa, inclusão, alteração e exclusão de <#= mvcHost.ControllerName.Replace("Controller", "") #>.
    /// </summary>
    public class <#= mvcHost.ControllerName #> : Controller
    {
         // The class code
    }
}

Answer 1

Try to specify the encoding explicitly for the output of your templates:

<#@ output extension=".cs" encoding="UTF-8" #>

Edit : Your code works correctly on mine (after removing the mvcHost parts).

Try resaving both your template and its output file as UTF-8 by performing this procedure for each:

1. Open it in Visual Studio
2. Click File, Save As…
3. Choose Save with Encoding… (see below)
4. Make sure that UTF-8 is selected
5. Click OK

Answer 2

Try to write the characters like this

inclusão

See a table of HTML codes here .