Using the Sample Projects

Introduction

This page explains how to get started with the sample projects and create an external library for use in any of the supported Applications. The steps covered are:

Build Tools
Resource locations
Building the library
Installing the Library

The project has been created for both Mac and Windows environments. Each of the projects can produce a basic sample of a C++ library for the respective operating systems. The build environments used to create each of the projects were:

Win - MS Visual Studio 2005 (we have tested with version 8.0.50727.42)
Mac - Xcode 2.4.x (we have tested with version 2.4.1)

Project locations

The project files can be found in:

Win - SDKINSTALL/samples/cpp/build/PROJECTNAME/win
Mac - SDKINSTALL/sample/cpp/build/PROJECTNAME/mac

Each respective folder contains the necessary files to load the project. When the project files are opened all source and header files can be seen and there should be no need to alter any path locations within the project.

Source and Script Files

The needed source and header files can be found in:

SDKINSTALL/samples/cpp/source/ - contains the source and header files for the sample projects
SDKINSTALL/samples/cpp/source/includes - contains the scripting core header files needed to implement an external object
SDKINSTALL/samples/cpp/scripts/ - contains the script file to load and exercise the external objects
SDKINSTALL/samples/cpp/docs/ - contains documentation on how to use the projects

Installing an External Object

For general information on installing and External Object See Installing External Objects for information on how and where to install external objects or consult the JavaScript Tools Guide.

Installing and Running the Sample Projects

The following pages describe how to build, install and run the sample projects:

See Using the BasicExternalObject Sample for information on how to build the External Object sample