Spotfire Package Builder

Spotfire® Package Builder provides a framework for developing, debugging, packaging and deploying extensions to Spotfire. It is an important tool for adding custom capabilities to the Spotfire platform and can be used to sign visualization mods or action mods using a certificate from a certificate authority.

Spotfire Package Builder is available in the SDK folder of the Spotfire Developer software, which you can download from the Spotfire Download site. On TIBCO Cloud Spotfire, the Package Builder can be downloaded from the library, under Resources.

The Package Builder comes as a console variant (Spotfire.Dxp.PackageBuilder-Console.exe) and as a deprecated graphical tool (Spotfire.Dxp.PackageBuilder.exe). You can do most things using both tools, but some functionality is available in the console tool only.

Note: Building extensions for Linux is only supported using the Spotfire Package Builder console and not using the graphical Package Builder tool.

It is also possible to do all development, debugging and building of packages in Visual Studio. See Creating an extension using only Visual Studio.

When Package Builder is launched, it places the additional PackageBuilderSettings.xml file in the %APPDATA%\...\Local\Spotfire\X.Y\Settings directory (where X.Y conforms to the version number of the Spotfire installed client and the Package Builder).

To use Spotfire Package Builder, you must have a working installation of a Spotfire installed client on your computer.