Build a Communication Enabler

Procedure

  1. Click Tools>Command Prompt on the Workbench menu bar.
  2. In the Command Prompt... window, issue the following commands:

    < drive >

    cd %BSM_ROOT%\api

    Where   < drive > is the disk where your CIMPLICITY software is installed (for example, C: ).

  3. (If environment variables are not set automatically) issue the following command to set them.

     ..\<Program Files Install Directory>\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat

    1. Launch Visual studio.

    devenv CimplicityAPI.sln

  4. Modify the toolkit project to include the compilation and linking of any additional files created for your customized communication enabler.
  5. Right-click the project in Solution Explorer.
  6. Select Build on the Popup menu.

Results

The customized communication enabler is built.

Note: The executable and .dll file will be located automatically in %BSM_ROOT%\exe.