Table Of Contents
Installing the Microsoft Development Environment
Installing Visual Studio 6.0
Installing MSDN
Customizing Visual Studio
Installing the Microsoft Platform SDK
Installing Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4
Installing the Microsoft Development Environment
This section describes how to install the development environment, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, used by Cisco BBSM developers. We recommend you follow the custom installation procedures that follow to ensure that you have a development environment that is compatible with BBSM.
Note that you must install the development environment before the BBSM SDK is installed.
Caution 
Although you can install the Microsoft development environment on a deployable BBSM server, make sure that your server is offline before you start development. Be sure to remove the development environment before you bring the server back online.
Installing Visual Studio 6.0
Follow these steps to install Visual Studio 6.0.
Step 1
Insert the Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Disk 1. The Installation Wizard for Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition dialog box appears.
Step 2
Click Next. The End User License Agreement dialog box appears.
Step 3
To accept the license agreement, click the I Accept the Agreement radio button, and then click Next. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Product Number and User ID dialog box appears.
Step 4
In the appropriate fields, type your name and your company's name, and then click Next. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Enterprise Setup Options dialog box appears.
Step 5
Click the Custom radio button, and then click Next. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Choose Common Install Folder dialog box appears.
Step 6
In the "Choose a folder for common files" field, enter C:\DevStudio\Common, and click Next. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Setup dialog box appears.
Step 7
Click Continue. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Product ID dialog box appears.
Step 8
Click OK. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise - Custom dialog box appears.
Step 9
From the Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise - Custom dialog box, make the following changes:
a.
Uncheck the following check boxes:
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Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
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Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
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Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
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Enterprise Tools
b.
Verify that the following check boxes are checked or gray checked:
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Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (gray checked)
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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 (checked)
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ActiveX (checked)
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Data Access (gray checked)
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Tools (gray checked)
c.
While leaving the check box gray checked, select the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 line.
d.
Click Change Folder. The Change Directory dialog box appears.
e.
Change the path to C:\DevStudio\VC, and then click OK. A confirmation dialog box appears, stating that the C:\DevStudio\VC destination directory does not exist and asking if you want to create it.
f.
Click Yes. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise - Custom dialog box re-appears.
Step 10
Click Continue. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Setup Environment Variables dialog box appears.
Step 11
Check the Register Environment Variables check box, and then click OK. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Use the New Visual SourceSafe Database Format dialog box appears.
Step 12
Click No. The installation begins. Allow a few minutes for the installation to complete. Then the Windows NT Debug Symbols dialog box appears.
Step 13
Click OK. The Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise - Restart Windows dialog box appears.
Step 14
Click Restart Windows.
Installing MSDN
Use the following procedure to install MSDN.
Step 1
After clicking Restart Windows, the computer reboots. Then log in. The Installation Wizard for Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition, Install MSDN dialog box appears.
Step 2
Check Install MSDN, and then click Next.
Step 3
Insert the MSDN Library, Disk 1.
Step 4
Wait for the disk to load, and then click OK. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0a Setup, Welcome to the MSDN Library dialog box appears.
Step 5
Click Continue. The Name and Organization Information dialog box appears. In the Name and Organization fields, type your name and organization.
Step 6
Click OK. A confirmation dialog box appears.
Step 7
Click OK to confirm the name and organization. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0a Setup, Product ID dialog box appears.
Step 8
Click OK. The License Agreement dialog box appears.
Step 9
Click I Agree. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0a Setup dialog box re-appears.
Step 10
Click Typical to install the MSDN library. A confirmation dialog box appears, indicating that the MSDN installed successfully.
Step 11
Click OK. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0 Setup, Other Client Tools dialog box appears.
Step 12
Click Next. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0 Setup, Server Setups dialog box appears.
Step 13
Click Next. The MSDN Library - Visual Studio 6.0 Setup, Register Over the Web Now! dialog box appears.
Step 14
Uncheck the Register Now check box.
Step 15
Click Finish.
Customizing Visual Studio
Use the following procedure to customize Visual Studio.
Step 1
Open the Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 application.
Step 2
From the Tools menu, choose Options.
Step 3
Click the Directories tab.
Step 4
Add c:\devstudio\vc\mfc\src to the list of include directories.
Step 5
Click OK.
Step 6
Exit the Visual C++ application.
Installing the Microsoft Platform SDK
Use the following procedure to install the Microsoft platform SDK.
Step 1
Insert the Microsoft Platform SDK disk. The Windows Installer dialog box appears, followed by the Microsoft Platform SDK Setup Wizard dialog box.
Step 2
Click Next. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, End User License Agreement dialog box appears.
Step 3
Click the I Agree radio button, and then click Next. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, User Information dialog box appears.
Step 4
In the appropriate text fields, type your name and organization, and then click Next. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, Select An Installation Type dialog box appears.
Step 5
Click the Custom radio button, and then click Next. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, Select An Installation Location dialog box appears.
Step 6
Click Browse.
Step 7
In the Install to: field, type C:\DevStudio\VC and click OK. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, Select An Installation Location dialog box re-appears.
Step 8
Click Next. The Platform SDK Setup Wizard, Custom Installation Tips dialog box appears.
Step 9
Click Next. The Custom Installation dialog box appears.
Step 10
Verify that the Configurations Options components are enabled (default).
Step 11
Disable the following components by selecting "Will not be available" from the drop-down menu:
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Documentation
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Build Environment
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Debugging Tools
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Tools
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Sample Code
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Source Code
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Redistributable components
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Preview Material
Step 12
Click the + next to Build Environment and enable some of the Build Environment components, as shown below:
Note
When enabling these components, make sure you select "Entire feature will be installed on the local hard drive" from the drop-down menu.
a.
Enable the following components:
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Data Access Services
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Minimum Build Tools
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Win32 API.
b.
Click the + next to Component Services and enable the Microsoft Message Queue component.
c.
Click the + next to Networking & Directory Services and enable the following components:
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ICMP
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Routing & Remote Access
d.
Click the + next to Web Services and enable the following components:
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Internet Explorer
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Internet Information Server
Step 13
Click Next. The Begin Installation dialog box appears.
Step 14
To begin the installation, click Next. The Installation Progress dialog box appears.
When the installation is complete, the Completing the Microsoft Platform SDK Setup Wizard dialog box appears.
Step 15
To exit the Microsoft Platform SDK Setup Wizard, click Finish.
Installing Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4
Use the following procedure to install Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4.
Step 1
Insert the Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 CD.
Step 2
Navigate to the Service Pack 4 directory.
Step 3
Open the VS60SP4 subdirectory and double-click setupsp4.exe. The Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4 setup dialog box appears.
Step 4
Click Continue. The License Agreement dialog box appears.
Step 5
Click I Agree. The installation begins.
When the installation is complete, a confirmation dialog box appears, indicating that the service pack installed successfully.
Step 6
After the service pack installs, click OK.
Step 7
Remove any disks in the drives.
Step 8
Reboot your computer.