==>Download Project Glidepath<==
Project Glidepath is delivered as an add-in for Visual Studio 2005.
Add-ins require Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition or above.
Prerequisites:
- Visual Studio 2005 (Standard edition or above) with C# and VB.Net
installed. Code samples and templates are available in your language of choice:
C# or VB.Net but both languages must be installed to take advantage of Project Glidepath.
- A SQL Server 2005 installation. This can be either SQL Server
Express, which comes as part of Visual Studio, or an instance of the full SQL Server
2005 product.
- To use the WPF UX Project Glidepath package with Visual Studio you
need to download and install the following items:
- The .Net 3.0 (WinFX) run time (
download) or an installation of Windows Vista.
- The Windows SDK (
download)
- The "Orcas" preview in-Visual-Studio editor for WPF (previously code-named
'Cider') (
download)
Once you have downloaded the Project Glidepath zip file you need to follow these
steps:
1Run the 3 MSI installers enclosed in the zip file
in this order:
aGuidanceAutomationExtensions.msi - This is a Visual Studio
add-in runtime library developed by Microsoft's Patterns and Practices group that is required by Project Glidepath
bProjectGlidepathRepositoryManagerSetup.msi - This is
the Project Glidepath Visual Studio add-in
cProjectGlidepathMicroISVFactorySetup.msi - This installs
the MicroISV Software Factory and adds the URL for the MicroISV RSS feed to your
local repository
2Start Visual Studio
3Create a new project using the Project Glidepath
project type which is found under the Guidance Packages node in the project
type tree or add Project Glidepath to an existing C# or VB.NET solution. To add Project Glidepath to an existing
solution select "Guidance Package Manager" from the Tools menu, click on "Enable/Disable Packages", click on the check box next to
Project Glidepath and click "OK" and then click "Close". Once you have enabled the Project Glidepath Repository Manager you can
right click on your Solution name and select "Add Project Glidepath...".
4Right click on the "_ProjectGlidepath"
project and select the Update... menu item
5When the Update Dialog appears, click on the "Synchronize
Repository via RSS" button. When you do this the Project Glidepath
Repository Manager will retrieve the remainder of the installation data from this
website via the primary RSS feed.
