The .NET Framework toolkit

You can use any Microsoft .NET language and the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0 to interact with the Software Development Kit.

The cognosdotnet_10_2.dll and cognosdotnetassembly_10_2.dll assemblies are provided for use with the .NET Framework, and are located in installation_location/sdk

Using Microsoft Visual Studio, version 2010 or later, you can generate the BI Bus API objects by referencing these assemblies.

These assemblies have strong signed names, so they can be shared among applications and deployed in the Global Assembly Cache.

Note: Although Visual Studio directly supports WSDL through the use of Web references, limitations of the WSDL support in Visual Studio requires the use of these assemblies when developing applications using the IBM® Cognos® Software Development Kit.