No more manually creating the manifest.xml file.
No more manually specifying the DDF file.
No more using the makecab.exe application.
This is tool I have been working on for some time now and used it on my own SharePoint projects with great success. Now I have finally got it done to a beta state where it is useful and therefore releasing it.
The idea for this tool was that the Solution file (WSP) is simply just a packed that transport files from development into SharePoint. Therefore I was able to build a folder structure that matches the SharePoint folder structure (%Program Files%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12) and put my features and other stuff in there and then run a program that traverse the folder structure to build my manifest.xml and WSP file automatically. This saves me a lot of work and time creating the manifest.xml and the WSP file.
I have released the source code and a binary version of the WSPBuilder at codeplex for everyone to use.
http://www.codeplex.com/wspbuilder
The WSPBuilder fully supports the SharePoint Solution Schema meaning that you are able to create any kind of solution (WSP) that the schema allows you to, without having to write any manifest.xml or DDF file.
The tool is a console application which enables Visual Studio integration.
/Carsten Keutmann
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06-03-2007 10:54 PM
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