Exchange SDK Development Tools, March 2002

The Exchange SDK Development Tools offer the following features to help you start building Exchange 2000 Server solutions:

This README provides instructions for installing and removing the Development Tools, and information about known issues, in the following sections:

 

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Feedback and Support

The Exchange 2000 Server team welcomes feedback about the Exchange Software Development Kit at exsdkfb@microsoft.com. Feedback from our customers is an important part of our development process. Please be aware that, although we read all of the feedback mail, we cannot personally respond to your e-mail. Thank you for helping us develop a better product.

The Microsoft Exchange Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/exchange) provides product and licensing information about Exchange, including white papers, product literature, Exchange-related events, service packs, and more. Visit the site often for new and updated development content.

The Microsoft Exchange Developer Center Web site (http://msdn.microsoft.com/exchange), a part of MSDN, includes news, additional development information, downloads, technical articles, newsgroups, and more. Visit the Exchange Developer Center often for new and updated information.

 

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Prerequisites

The Exchange SDK Development Tools require one of the following platforms:

The Exchange SDK Development Tools can run with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Exchange Explorer requires the controls provided with Microsoft Visual Basic that are supplied in the MSCOMCTL.ocx file. The Exchange SDK Development Tools setup program installs the MSCOMCTL.ocx file for computers that do not have Visual Basic installed.

 

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Installing the Exchange SDK Development Tools

You can install the Exchange SDK Development Tools on a computer running either Exchange 2000 Server or SharePoint Portal Server 2001.

Perform these steps to install the Development Tools on an Exchange server.

  1. Locate and start the Exchange SDK Development Tools installer, ExchangeSDKTools.exe.
  2. Follow the instructions provided by the setup wizard.

By default, the setup wizard installs the Exchange SDK Development Tools on the drive containing the operating system (usually drive C), in the folder \Program Files\Exchange SDK\Tools.

 

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Uninstalling the Exchange SDK Development Tools

Perform these steps to remove the Development Tools from an Exchange server.

  1. Locate and start the Exchange SDK Development Tools installer, ExchangeSDKTools.exe.
  2. Select Remove and click Next.
  3. When prompted, click Finish.

 

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Known Issues

The following are issues known to exist at the time of release.

Errors when packaging and installing applications with the Application Deployment Wizard on computers running Internet Explorer 6

Problems can occur when creating an application deployment package, or when installing a package on computers running Internet Explorer 6. Read the Knowledge Base article number Q316231 at the Microsoft Support Web site.

Ignore side-by-side MSXML installation instructions in the documentation

Because the versions of MSXML that are currently available only support replace-mode installation, you will not be able to install MSXML in side-by-side mode, as the documentation instructs.

 

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