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Spotfire Extension Project Template

The Spotfire Extension Project Template is used in Visual Studio® to create new Spotfire extension projects. It handles implementation details and enables you to focus on adding new functionality.

Installing the Template

Copy the template ZIP directly to the C# project templates folder of your Visual Studio® installation. This folder defaults to My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#.

Creating a new Spotfire project

Note: Do NOT unzip the template. The template is in zipped format.


To validate that the project template is installed, start Visual Studio® and create a new project. In the New Project dialog, choose Visual C# as the project type, and make sure that the Spotfire Extension template is available as indicated in the image.

Using the Template

Examples folder

In Visual Studio®, create a new project based on the template.

Fill out the Name, Location and Solution Name fields, and press OK.

When Visual Studio® has created a solution for the extension project, expand the the References folder in Solution Explorer and verify that the Spotfire SDK assembly references are not broken. To resolve broken references, right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Properties. Then select the Reference Paths tab, add the path to the Binaries folder of the SDK, and press the Add Folder button.