Does the latest plugin version allow the Controller UI to be displayed

[Perftst1 Sqad]

Our organization is ready to install or update to the latest HPE Application Automation Tools v5.3 (plugin).   I read the "what's new" for v5.3 and didn't see any reference to being able to make sure that the LoadRunner Controller is visible during Jenkins build, which is what we need.  The last time we updated the plugin (5.0) it was updated and recompiled into .hpi and sent to us from one of the techs from HPE.

1. Does v5.3 have a flag to show the Controller during replay (outside of modifying the plugin)?
2. If not can some tell me if we followed the correct steps and what is missing?

Steps:

1. Forked https://github.com/jenkinsci/hpe-application-automation-tools-plugin
2. Downloaded using SVN Export: https://github.com/{mylocation}/hp-application-automation-tools-plugin-1 
3. Updated the working copy C:\temp\hp-application-automation-tools-plugin-1.git\trunk\HpToolsLauncher\TestRunners\PerformanceTestRunner.cs file at line 322 to "_engine.ShowMainWindow(1);"
4. Checked in my updates using SVN
5. Now how do I turn https://github.com/{mylocation}/hp-application-automation-tools-plugin-1 into a downloadable .HPI plugin?

Or am I missing something in the above steps?

[fkp...@gmail.com]

1. make sure you've taken the 'latest' branch

2. use maven to compile into hpi. Install apache maven, and run 'mvn package'. it will create the HPI in "target" folder.