Software Development Kit

The Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes extensive samples and tools to help developers get started programming with Commerce Server. When installed, all of the files composing the Commerce Server 2002 SDK are in a folder called "SDK" under the "Microsoft Commerce Server" folder. This topic describes the structure and contents of the SDK folder.

Notes

• You must include the following components of the Platform SDK to build the samples in the Commerce Server 2002 SDK (choose at least these options on the Custom Installation screen of the Platform SDK installation program):

       Configuration Options (all)

       Build Environment

                 Base Services (all)

                 Component Services

                           COM

                 Data Access Services

                           OLE DB

                           SQL Server

                 Management Services

                           Microsoft Management Console

                 Minimum Build Tools

                 Networking and Directory Services

                           Active Directory Services Interface

                 Web Services

                           Microsoft Internet Explorer

                           Microsoft Internet Information Server

                 Win32 API

   

  You may also want to install the following debugging tools at the same time:

       Debugging Tools

                 WinDbg

                 SQL Profiler

                 OEM Support Tools

                           UserDump

   

• In addition to installing the Platform SDK, you must also update your system include path to contain the Commerce Server 2002 SDK Include folder, and update your Microsoft Visual C++ directory options to contain the Commerce Server 2002 SDK Include folder.

  Note that the installation of the Platform SDK should have added the path settings that it requires to the user INCLUDE and LIB environment variables:

  • INCLUDE: <Platform SDK folder>\Include
  • INCLUDE: <Platform SDK folder>\Include\ATL30
  • LIB: <Platform SDK folder>\Lib

To update your user INCLUDE environment variable

To update Microsoft Visual C++

To update your user INCLUDE environment variable

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
3. In the Environment Variables dialog box, select the variable INCLUDE from the User variables for <username> box, and then click Edit.
4. In the Edit User Variable dialog box, append the path to the Commerce Server 2002 SDK Include directory to the value in the Variable Value box. For example, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\SDK\Include.
5. To exit all three dialog boxes, click OK three times.

To update Microsoft Visual C++

1. Open Microsoft Visual C++.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options.
3. In the Options dialog box, on the Directories tab, verify that the Include files option in the Show directories for box is selected.
4. Click New, and then type the path to the Commerce Server 2002 SDK Include directory. For example, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\SDK\Include.
5. Click OK.

This section contains:

• Include Files. Describes the files contained in the Include folder.
• Tools Folder. Explains how to use the SDK tools.
• Samples Folder. Explains how to use the SDK samples and sitelets.

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