Adding a configuration to your solution

Before you add an extension to Spotfire Package Builder, provide at least one configuration. Each configuration specifies at least one Spotfire distribution to which you can add an extension. The distribution is provided with the Spotfire Developer installation. You can specify the Spotfire distribution later.

About this task

Perform this task in the Spotfire Package Builder. You can find its executable in the SDK\Package Builder directory of the Spotfire Developer installation.

Tip: When you first start Spotfire Package Builder, no configurations are provided and the dialog is blank. After you add a configuration, you cannot remove all configurations. That is, you can add and remove configurations, but you always have at least one.

First start of Spotfire Package Builder shows blank dialog

Before you begin

To complete the configuration, you must build the template project in Visual Studio, as described in Creating a Spotfire extension in Visual Studio, so the built template is ready to add to the configuration.

Procedure

In the dialog, click Manage.
In the Manage Configurations dialog, click Add, and in the resulting Add Configuration dialog, provide a Configuration name.
By default, the initial name is New Configuration. If you accept this default, subsequent configurations default to the name New Configuration (#) where # is the next consecutive number.
Tip: You can edit the name of the configuration at any time in the Package Builder dialog by clicking Manage and then clicking Edit.
Click File > Add Spotfire Distribution to add a Spotfire executable for debugging the extension.
Browse to the Modules folder for your Spotfire® Analyst installation, and then click Select Folder.
You can specify an installation of Spotfire Analyst as your Spotfire distribution.

For example, you can find the Modules folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Spotfire\version#\Modules or under C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Spotfire\version#\Modules, depending on whether the installation was done for a shared computer or for a single user (note that the Modules folder is a hidden folder in some Windows configurations).

The Spotfire distribution is displayed in the Spotfire Package Builder.