NGWS SDK Documentation  

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Tools required

In general, the NGWS SDK includes everything necessary to compile and test the samples that accompany this document. In particular, the SDK comes with command-line compilers for each of the languages, the runtime and associated files, and detailed documentation.

If you intend to run the ASP+ sample, you must install the NGWS SDK after installing IIS to recognize and properly handle .aspx files (this may require reinstalling the SDK).

All of the files needed to use the accompanying samples and start developing are installed with the SDK. The three language compilers are found in a directory under c:\Windows\ComPlus and the documentation (in the form of compiled HTML, or .chm files) is located in the Docs subdirectory of the SDK. The NGWS runtime files are located in the Windows System subdirectory. For the PDC Tech Preview of the NGWS SDK, the important files and corresponding versions are:

Since source and project files for all three languages are plain text, any text editor – even Notepad – is adequate for examining and modifying the accompanying sample files. However, if you want to make substantial changes to the samples – for instance, creating a new application based on the sample – you will likely want to install the PDC Tech Preview of Visual Studio 7.0.

The NGWS SDK includes a variety of samples, several of which are useful to developers: These are described in Appendix A: "Exploring Namespaces", in this document. To install and build these SDK samples, please refer to the instructions in StartSamples.htm in the \Samples subdirectory of the SDK.

The sample programs that accompany this tutorial - and other samples - are located in the self-extracting "samples.exe" file.

Finally, to compile and run the samples that accompany both the SDK and this tutorial, you must an environment variable correctly configured: