Installing Accela Windows 8 SDK and Project Templates

You can install the Accela Windows 8 SDK from one of the following:

■     Github

■     NuGet Gallery

  • The Accela Windows 8 SDK project templates can be downloaded from the Accela Windows SDK Release page on Github.

    • Accela Windows 8 SDK on Github

    The Accela Windows 8 SDK is published as an open source project on Github at https://github.com/Accela-Inc/Windows-SDK.

    The following downloads are available on the Accela Windows SDK Release page (per version):

    ■     Accela.WindowsPhoneSDK.dll - Accela Windows 8 SDK binary file for a Windows Phone app

    ■     Accela.WindowsStoreSDK.dll - Accela Windows 8 SDK binary file for a Windows Store app

    ■     Windows-SDK-{version}.zip - zip file containing the Accela Windows 8 SDK source files

    ■     Windows-SDK-{version}.tar.gz - tar file containing the Accela Windows 8 SDK source files

    ■     AccelaSDK_V{version}.vsix - Visual Studio project template installer.

     

    Accela Windows 8 SDK on NuGet Gallery

    The Accela Windows 8 SDK can be installed from NuGet Gallery via Visual Studio's Library Package Manager. The following procedure assumes you have created a new Visual Studio project.

    To install Accela Windows 8 SDK from NuGet

    1.   From Visual Studio's Tools menu, select Library Package Manager and then click Package Manager Console.

    Note:    If you do not see the Library Package Manager from the Tools menu, you can download the NuGet Package Manager for Visual Studio.

     

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    2.   On the Package Manager Console, enter the following command:

    PM> Install-Package AccelaSDK

     

    Visual Studio retrieves the latest Accela SDK package from the NuGet Gallery and installs it in the project you just created. For example:

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    Accela Windows 8 SDK Project Templates

    The Accela Windows 8 SDK project templates can be downloaded from the Accela Windows 8 SDK release page on Github.

    To download and install Accela Windows 8 SDK project templates

    1.   Go to Github/Accela-Inc/Windows-SDK/release

    2.   Download the latest version of AccelaSDK_V{version}.vsix, which is the Visual Studio project template installation package.

    3.   Double-click AccelaSDK_V{version}.vsix.

    4.   Step through the installation wizard.

    Note:          You do not need to uninstall the previous version of project templates. Running the installation package overwrites previous templates in Visual Studio automatically.

     

     

     

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