How To Configure Visual Studio To Reference The m3api

Pre-requisities:

• This document assumes that you have successfully installed the appropriate Visual Studio® or Express edition on to your computer.

If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005:

• Right-click your project, and choose “Add Web Reference”.
• Type the URL to the m3api version you wish to use (refer to the “API” tab in the “My account” section of m3 for a listing).
• You will be asked to type a “Web reference name” for the m3api, we suggest: “m3api”. This is the name by which you will refer to the m3api in your code.
• That’s it!

If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008:

• Right-click your project, and choose “Add Service Reference”.
• Click the “Advanced” button at the bottom of the popup window.
• Click “Add Web Reference” at the bottom of the window.
• Follow the steps detailed above.

Applies to:

• m3api Version 1.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and above
• Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express 2008