Before you can begin programming with the Meridian Enterprise .NET API, you must install the BlueCielo .NET SDK. The tools are not included with any edition of Meridian Enterprise.
If you have installed any Beta version of the SDK, you should uninstall it first. Released versions of the SDK will be upgraded.
Prior to installing the SDK, the following must already be installed on the computer:
- BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2007a (or higher)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with the latest service pack, or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (with BlueCielo .NET SDK version 1.4.21 or higher).
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. We recommend the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
To install the BlueCielo .NET SDK:
- Run the appropriate BlueCielo .NET SDK setup program for your operating system (32-bit or 64-bit) and follow the instructions. By default, the SDK is installed at C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\BlueCielo .NET SDK.
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Applications developed with the BlueCielo .NET SDK are able to execute on computers with Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0, 3.0, or 3.5 installed. But for a developer computer, the Microsoft .NET SDK 3.5 is required because the BlueCielo .NET SDK uses some tools shipped with the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SDK. The BlueCielo .NET interops are built for .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) 2.0. To prevent compatibility problems, the BlueCielo.NET SDK does not yet support .NET Framework 4.0. Support may be provided in a future release. The BlueCielo .NET SDK provides an interop redistributable package which includes everything you need to run applications developed using the BlueCielo .NET SDK. The interop package must be installed separately on every computer where developed applications are to be executed (for a developer computer this is not necessary because the SDK contains the interop libraries of the package). |
After the SDK has been installed, you can find the interop package in the following locations:
- Windows Installer Package bootstrapper (MSI): BC-Meridian\BlueCielo .NET SDK\Deployment\Bootstrapper\Packages\ICNetInterop\These are interop packages that are used by MSBuild to create a bootstrapper application (setup.exe). MSBuild is the build system for Microsoft and Visual Studio. The SDK installer copies the content of the folder to the Windows SDK bootstrapper location where MSBuild can find them. The location is stored in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper.
- Windows Installer Package merge modules: BC-Meridian\BlueCielo .NET SDK\Deployment\Merge Modules\These are used to deliver the interop libraries as a single compound file by merging them into the application's .msi file.
