Building a .NET-Based Commerce Server Application

You use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to create .NET-based Commerce Server applications that use the Microsoft .NET Framework. Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 provides tight integration with Visual Studio .NET, and allows you to access essential Commerce Server tools from the Visual Studio .NET development environment. You can also create Commerce Web applications in a team development environment; for more information about creating Visual Studio .NET applications in a team development environment, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=6771.

The topics in this section explain how to access Commerce Server tools from Visual Studio .NET.

This section contains:

• Creating a Commerce Project. Explains how to build a new Commerce Project by using the Project Creation Wizard.
• Using the Developer Portal: Describes the Commerce Server tools integrated with Visual Studio .NET, including Commerce Server Manager.
• Enabling Commerce Server in an Existing Web Project. Explains how to enable Commerce Server functionality in an existing Web service, Visual Basic .NET, C#, or empty Web project.
• Using MessageManager. Explains how to implement message management by using the Commerce Server .NET Application Framework.
• Logging Site Exceptions to the NT Event Log. Explains how to write to the Windows NT event log in an ASP.NET site.
• Creating a Commerce Server Package for the Project Creation Wizard. Explains how to create template files for the Commerce Server Site Packager so that the Commerce Server package can work correctly with the Project Creation Wizard.
• Removing Commerce Server from your Web Project. Explains how to remove a .NET-based Commerce Server application from a Visual Studio .NET project.

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