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Build Installer Command Guide

Purpose

This command instructs Cursor to build Windows installers for the IfcTester plugins (Revit and ArchiCAD).

When to Use

Run this command when you need to:

• Build Windows installers (.exe) for distribution to users
• Create Release builds for Revit 2025/2026/2027 and ArchiCAD 29
• Package the plugins and web app into installers

Quick Reference

Build Both Installers

# Set ArchiCAD API path first
$env:ARCHICAD_API_DEVKIT = "C:\code\archicad-api\API.Development.Kit.WIN.29.3100"

# Build Revit installer
& "C:\code\ifctester-revit\scripts\build-installer.ps1" -SkipCertificate

# Build ArchiCAD installer  
& "C:\code\ifctester-revit\scripts\build-archicad-installer.ps1"

Build Revit Only

& "C:\code\ifctester-revit\scripts\build-installer.ps1"

Build ArchiCAD Only

$env:ARCHICAD_API_DEVKIT = "C:\code\archicad-api\API.Development.Kit.WIN.29.3100"
& "C:\code\ifctester-revit\scripts\build-archicad-installer.ps1"

Prerequisites

Common

• Inno Setup 6 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe
• Node.js and npm for web app build

Revit

• .NET SDK 8.0 for Revit 2025/2026 plugin build
• .NET SDK 10.0 for Revit 2027 plugin build

ArchiCAD

• Visual Studio 2022 with C++ desktop workload (v143 toolset)
• ArchiCAD API DevKit 29 - Set ARCHICAD_API_DEVKIT environment variable

Parameters

Revit Installer (build-installer.ps1)

ArchiCAD Installer (build-archicad-installer.ps1)

Common Issue: Revit DLL Locked

Error: Access to path 'IfcTesterRevit.dll' is denied

Cause: Revit is running and has the DLL file locked.

Solution: Build without deploying to the locked folder:

# Build Revit plugin without deploying
Push-Location "C:\code\ifctester-revit\revit"
dotnet build "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R25" --no-incremental /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
dotnet publish "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R25" /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
dotnet build "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R26" --no-incremental /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
dotnet publish "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R26" /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
dotnet build "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R27" --no-incremental /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
dotnet publish "IfcTesterRevit.csproj" -c "Release R27" /p:DeployRevitAddin=false
Pop-Location

# Prepare staging directory (R25/R26 share, R27 is separate because of net10.0-windows)
$StagingDir = "C:\code\ifctester-revit\installer\staging"
if (Test-Path $StagingDir) { Remove-Item $StagingDir -Recurse -Force }
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $StagingDir -Force | Out-Null

$r25Publish = (Get-ChildItem "C:\code\ifctester-revit\revit\bin\Release R25\publish" -Directory -Filter "*addin" | Select-Object -First 1).FullName
$r27Publish = (Get-ChildItem "C:\code\ifctester-revit\revit\bin\Release R27\publish" -Directory -Filter "*addin" | Select-Object -First 1).FullName

Copy-Item -Path "$r25Publish\IfcTesterRevit\*" -Destination "$StagingDir\IfcTesterRevit" -Recurse -Force
Copy-Item -Path "$r27Publish\IfcTesterRevit\*" -Destination "$StagingDir\IfcTesterRevit-R27" -Recurse -Force
Get-ChildItem -Path $StagingDir -Filter "*.addin" -Recurse | Remove-Item -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Copy-Item -Path "C:\code\ifctester-revit\web\dist\*" -Destination "$StagingDir\IfcTesterRevit\web" -Recurse -Force
Copy-Item -Path "C:\code\ifctester-revit\web\dist\*" -Destination "$StagingDir\IfcTesterRevit-R27\web" -Recurse -Force

# Generate .addin files
$GeneratedDir = "C:\code\ifctester-revit\installer\generated"
if (-not (Test-Path $GeneratedDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $GeneratedDir -Force | Out-Null }
$Template = Get-Content "C:\code\ifctester-revit\installer\templates\IfcTesterRevit.addin.template" -Raw
$Addin = $Template -replace '\{ASSEMBLY_PATH\}', 'IfcTesterRevit\IfcTesterRevit.dll'
$Addin | Out-File "$GeneratedDir\IfcTesterRevit.2025.addin" -Encoding UTF8 -NoNewline
$Addin | Out-File "$GeneratedDir\IfcTesterRevit.2026.addin" -Encoding UTF8 -NoNewline
$Addin | Out-File "$GeneratedDir\IfcTesterRevit.2027.addin" -Encoding UTF8 -NoNewline

# Run Inno Setup
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6\ISCC.exe" "/OC:\code\ifctester-revit\dist" "C:\code\ifctester-revit\installer\IfcTesterRevit.iss"

Output

Example Usage in Cursor

When a user says:

• "Build the installer" / "Build releases" → Build both
• "Build Revit installer" → Build Revit only
• "Build ArchiCAD installer" → Build ArchiCAD only

ArchiCAD Build Requirements

The ArchiCAD 29 API requires specific configuration:

Troubleshooting