With the release of ALUI 6.5 there are some of us who need to do core customizations that cannot be done using class overriding.  For those moments (and I suggest you keep them as limited as possible) you need to have the v6.5 UICI in a state that not only compiles properly, but will allow you to make non-breaking changes once deployed.  Since BEA is currently not providing a completed solution (though I have been told that they should be "soon"), here are the steps I took to get my environment up and running.

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Article Index

• File Path Information
• Creating The File Reference Folders
• Setting Up The Project Solution
• Setting Project References
• Copying The Source Files Into The Solution
• Finishing The Visual Studio Project Configuration
• Changing The Build Output
• In Summary

File Path Information

1. All references to %PORTAL_HOME% use the same path as your PORTAL_HOME environment vairable.  In my case that path points to "F:\bea\alui\ptportal\6.5\".
2. All references to %SOURCE_HOME% point to the root folder for your project source.  In my case that path points to "G:\Source\ALUI\UICI\PortalUI_Trunk\".

Creating The File Reference Folders

Under your %SOURCE_HOME% folder create 2 folders named:

• build_reference
• portal_build_reference 

Copy the following files (with matching .pdb or .xml if existing) from your %PORTAL_HOME%\bin\assemblies\ folder to the %SOURCE_HOME%\build_reference\ folder:

Copy the following files from your %PORTAL_HOME%\bin\assemblies\ folder to the %SOURCE_HOME%\portal_build_reference\ folder: