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Finding the version of WebSphere Commerce Developer.

Have you ever came across a situation like you want to know the version of WebSphere Commerce Product you are using and have no idea where to look for? I had. I know how to do this in WebSphere Commerce Developer 5.6.1 and the previous versions but not in WCS 6.

So to find the location of WebSphere Commerce Developer’s version, go to %WC_DEVELOPER_INSTALl_DIR%\properties\version\ and open file COMMERCE.product. In this file you can see a tag named version. This tag will have the version of WebSphere Commerce we are using.

WebSphere Commerce Developer Enterprise 6.0 installation – Part 1 covers the installation of RAD and WAS Fix packs. Once we have done with all that installation we are ready for our WebSphere Commerce Developer 6.0 installation. If we are planning to install IBM Sales Center as part of our development environment, we need to install IBM Sales Center before installing WCS Toolkit.

To perform the WCS installation follow the below steps. I had already installed IBM Sales Center in my machine.

1. Double click on setup.exe from WCS Toolkit CD. This will bring the installation wizard.

2. Click on Next and from the page appears accept the license.

3. Click on Next and select the installation directory. Please select a directory with no spaces and no long file paths.

4. Click on Next. This screen would ask us to select the installation components. Select the components you want to install. (Select at least the WebSphere Commerce development environment ).

4. Click on Next. This page will be the installation summary page.

5. Now click on next. The installation of WCS Toolkit begins and you will be presented with a screen as shown below.

6. Once the installation is over. Click on Finish and exit the wizard.

We are done with our WCS 6 Toolkit installation. Go to Start -> Programs -> IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer Enterprise 6.0 -> WebSphere Commerce development environment and start your toolkit. Publish a store and start coding.