Step 2: Create Product Definitions

After you create product properties, you must create product definitions.

Product definitions describe the specific qualities of a particular product. These product qualities are called product properties. You create a product definition by assigning product properties to it.

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and then click Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. In the Microsoft Development Environment [design] – Start Page screen, click Open Project.
3. In the Open Project dialog box, select the NorthwindTraders project, and then click Open.
4. In the NorthwindTraders – Microsoft Visual C# .NET [design] – Default.aspx window, click Project on the toolbar, point to Commerce Server Project, and then select Catalog Definition Designer.
5. In the Catalog Definition Designer: Category Definitions screen, click on the toolbar, and then select Product Definitions from the drop-down list.
6. In the Catalog Definition Designer: Product Definitions screen, click on the toolbar.
7. In the Product Definition: New screen, in the Name box, type ResidentialSiding.
8. In the Product Properties section, add the following properties to the Assigned properties list:
   • Image
   • Name
   • ProductBaseName
   • Description
   • SidingMaintenanceFree
   • SidingWarrantyLengthYears
   • SidingType
9. In the Product Variant Properties section, add the following properties to the Assigned properties list:
   • SidingColor
   • SKU
10. To save the product definition and return to the Catalog Definition Designer: Product Definition screen, click on the toolbar.

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