Prerequisites
Understanding of C++
The API and its Test Bench are written in C++, therefore knowledge and understanding of this language is essential to get the most out of the API.
CONNECT Licensing
An active CONNECT user account is required.
The API is free to download, but not free to use.
To run code created with the API, you must have entitlement for these products, and be signed into CONNECTION Client (or have signed in within the last 7 days).
Visual Studio
You will need Visual Studio 2017 , v15.9.13 or higher. Community Edition or higher is sufficient. Caveat emptor: compatibility with other versions of Visual Studio (e.g. 2015, 2019) is unknown.
Specific Visual Studio 2017 Workloads and Individual Components are required . Please add the following Workloads and Individual Components using Visual Studio Installer: