Everyone knows about the usage of Application Definition Designer, this is a Microsoft tool that comes with the SharePoint Server SDK. You can see the overview and the system requirements here. While installing this tool I have faced few problems, so I just wanted to keep the steps in my bolg.

Step 1: Download the tool and double click the “OfficeServerSDK.exe”, You will be getting this screen.

Step 2: Click Next 😦

Step 3: The Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK has been successfully installed. Great!

Step 4: Navigate to SDK installation path\Tools\BDC Definition Editor\. The default installation path for the MOSS SDK is <%Program Files%>\2007 Office System Developer Resources\. For me this is the path..

C:\Program Files \2007 Office System Developer Resources\Tools\BDC Definition Editor

Step 5: In this directory, double click the setup.exe

Please Note: If you double click  the BDCStudioSetup.msi file directly, Instead of clicking setup.exe then you will get this error.  This happened to me when I installed! 🙂

Step 6: Click Accept and continue, this will configure the SQL client.

Step 7: Click Next and close! 🙂

Step 8: That’s all, you can run the “ApplicationDefinitionDesigner.exe” in the “All Programs”

Step 9: We are ready to create the ADF (Application Definition File) to configure the BDC (Business Data Catalog) now.

Thanks. R./

References:

1. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=79

2. http://nareshbojja.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/setparent-failed-for-database/