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Installation and Configuration of the Sentinel Plug-in SDK

If you have not done so already, follow the instructions under SDK Pre-Requisites to get the basic software set up and running. Then download the SDK from the Develop to Sentinel page to a convenient location.

Initial SDK Setup

Complete the following steps for the initial SDK setup:

1. Choose a convenient location to contain your project files, and unpack the SDK ZIP file into that directory. This document will reference the path /proj as our chosen location; replace with your local choice.
   • The ZIP, unpacked, will create a new subdirectory /proj/content plus many directories underneath that.
2. In Eclipse, select the Package Explorer and then File > Import > General > Existing Projects into Workspace > Browse to /proj/content/dev/sdk > Finish (NOTE: DO NOT check the "Copy projects into workspace" button)
3. Repeat this process for /proj/content/dev/collectors, /proj/content/dev/reports, and /proj/content/dev/actions.
4. Explore the projects thus created; the AA-common subdirectories contain the templates and build code, your development plug-ins will be created parallel to that.
5. Select Window > Show View > Ant to reveal the Ant tab; select the "Hide internal targets" button in the toolbar for that tab (slashed circle)
6. Expand the "sdk" project and "build" subfolder, select the "build-actions.xml", "build-collectors.xml", and "build-reports.xml" files and drag and drop it onto the Ant tab (Window > Show View > Ant if not available) (you should hide internal targets by selecting the target/slash icon in the toolbar)

A brief recording of the installation process is available. (note: the Elluminate player may require a newer Java Web Start - if you get an error change your handler of *.jnlp files to be a newer version (I tested with javaws 1.6))

This completes the initial setup; after this you should review the type-specific development instructions; go back up to Develop to Sentinel and select the plug-in type of interest under Plugin Development.

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