vSphere Web Client SDK - Release Notes
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vSphere Web Client SDK allows you to build UI (Flex) and server (Java) extensions
to the new vSphere Web Client. The SDK requires a compatible vSphere Web Client 5.x
that should have been provided at the same time.

The SDK version number can be found in the file vsphere-client-sdk-version.xml

1. SDK content
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The SDK contains the following top directories:

/docs
   GettingStarted.html: main documentation index
   /vsphere-client-asdoc: Flex(actionscript) API documentation
   /vsphere-client-javadoc: Java API documentation
   /html-docs: additional documentation

/libs
   vsphere-client-lib.swc: Flex library
   vsphere-client-lib.jar: Java library

/samples:
   /helloworld, etc.: source and project files for the plug-in examples described
       in GettingStarted.html.
   /build/plugin-packages: the same plug-in examples already packaged and ready to
      install with your vSphere Web Client server.
   build-all.bat: script to rebuild all examples

/resources:
   flex-config.xml: compiler settings used to build Flex UI plug-ins.
   /ant: build script examples.

/tools:
   /delay-deployer: tool to facilitate the correct deployment plugins in Eclipse.
   /vSphere Client SDK plugin site: files to install the SDK Eclipse plug-in which
      allows to create UI and Java plug-in projects.
   /scripts: command-line Ant scripts similar to the SDK Eclipse plug-in above.


2. Getting started
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Follow the instructions in docs/GettingStarted.html to setup your development
environment with Eclipse and FlashBuider and run your first plug-in.

Follow the description of each example and import the projects in Eclipse to
review the code

In order to deploy and run the examples outside Eclipse follow these steps:
- stop your vSphere Web Client server
- copy 1 or more example from /samples/build/plugin-packages" to your server's
   plugin-packages directory
- restart your vSphere Web Client server
- check the Virgo server log to verify that all plug-ins were loaded correctly
- start your browser, login to vSphere Web Client and select the various views
   described in the examples.