DataFS SDK setup

This section describes how to install the DataFS SDK to start development of applications that use DataFS. It also describes how to install the Visual Studio Integration components.

Go to this page and download the msi. Run the DataFSSDK.msi you downloaded to install the SDK. This will copy all the header files, lib files and dlls, as well as assemblies and everything else you need, to your computer.

The setup also copies other setup files to the disk into the Setup directory, directly below the main directory (normally %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mobiland DataFS SDK\Setup).

Our Visual Studio Integration will install the extensions and templates.
The Visual Studio Integration will be installed by default if you run DataFSSDK.msi, do not customize the setup and already have Visual Studio installed (we currently support the 2012–2022 editions).
The Visual Studio Integration can also be installed manually; just run "SetupVSConfig.exe – install" from the Setup directory. This might be necessary if you install a new version of Visual Studio after installing the DataFS SDK.

You can use every edition of DataFS Server for development. But the easiest way is to use the free "DataFS Server Developer".

Once you have installed the "DataFS SDK", you will find the "DataFS Server Developer.msi" file in the "Setup" directory (normally %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mobiland DataFS SDK\Setup).

You can get the product key needed for free from the website where you downloaded the SDK.

The server's event log can be found in the Event Viewer. Go to "Event Viewer" -> "Application and Service Logs" -> "Mobiland" -> "DataFS".

Every "DataFS Server" setup process installs the "BlackBox" too. This is a crash recorder for collecting crashed server dumps. Normally, the BlackBox only collects data and stores it on the local disk. But the "Developer" edition of "DataFS Server" registers itself for automatically sending crash reports. If you would like to disable this, remove the entry for the server from the registry key "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Mobiland\BlackBox\App".