Add a Web API Client Reference to a Web API Template Project

1. Determine the data form to access with a Web API Client DLL. If the data form is a custom data form, you will have to generate BBMetalWeb classes and build a DLL for the feature. For information about how to use BBMetalWeb, see BBMetalWeb and Data Forms.

2. Open the feature metadata page for the data form (Administration > Features > Data form search).

3. From the API tab, under Client-side Web API, find the assembly name.

4. From Visual Studio with the Blackbaud Infinity SDK installed, open to project to which to add the reference.

5. From Solution Explorer, right-click the project node, and select Add Reference.

6. Click Browse to browse to a folder with the Web API Client DLLs. The DLLs are included with the Blackbaud Infinity SDK in the SDK\DLLReferences folder.

7. Select the DLL listed on the feature metadata page.

8. Click OK. The reference is added. The assembly will be included in builds of the project and its API will be exposed with IntelliSense.

   Note: If you place the DLL in a different location, to ensure IntelliSense continues to work, also copy the associated XML comments file.