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SharePoint Solution Deployment: How do I prevent SP from resetting IIS when upgrading or retracting a globally deployed solutions?

So I figured out that by adding the ResetWebServer="FALSE" attribute to the solution manifest prevents SharePoint from recycling any app pools. However, when upgrading a solution that originally did not specify ResetWebServer="FALSE" or when retracting a solution that does specify ResetWebServer="FALSE", the application pools are still ...

Packaging multiple features into a single WSP solution file

I am working on a sharepoint feature which includes a couple of list definitions, 2 webparts, a feature receiver assembly and an InfoPath form. I have to use WSPBuilder to package these, and the requirement is to package all these features into a single WSP solution file. Now, WSP builder requires the deployment files in a particular ...

How to place resx files in App_GlobalResources folder using solutions (wsp)???

Hi everybody, I've made a lot of solutions (wsp) for SharePoint 2007 and I have almost automated all installation steps needed, but there is one thing I cannot automate. How can I make a solution that places resources (resx) files in the App_GlobalResources folder of the virtual application? Thanks in advance. ...

Does anybody know if manifest.xml (wsp) has an intellisense for Visual Studio?

Hi, I've been searching for intellisense in Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 when editing "manifest.xml" file in a SharePoint solution (wsp) with no result. Does anybody know if there is something similar to CAML intellisense but for "manifest.xml" files??? Thanks. ...

SharePoint Solution Package Deploy Random Failures

I keep seeing this error sporadically during solution deployment and/or feature activation... Copying of this file failed . This operation uses the SharePoint Administration service (spadmin), which could not be contacted. If the service is stopped or disabled, start it and try the operation again. The following is the PowerShell scri...

MOSS Site Definitions and .WSP development to production

I'm using the minimal publishing site definition from codeplex to give me a basis for a publishing site. I've created this site in a virtual dev environment. I've then deployed a .wsp that provides a theme for the site. My question is relating to how would I then best combine the site definition and .wsp for a move to production - what...

WSPBuilder, Config Store and partially trusted callers

Has anyone used WSP Builder to package a solution that uses the Config Store (http://www.codeplex.com/SPConfigStore) and deploys to the bin directory of the web application? When I try to referecne the config store in my code behind file I get this exception... System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly does not allow partially t...

VB.NET in Visual Studio 2008 on Vista 32bit building a WSP

I am trying to build a WSP file in VS2008 on my VB.NET project. How would I go about doing this? I can find a lot of plugins for C# but not VB.NET. ...

Using WSPBuilder to build a solution for a web part I developed

I have only ever deployed web parts from development by clicking F5. Now, I know I have to have a manifest file, feature file, etc and it all goes into a wsp file. I understand the wsp file is what gets added to Central Admin. So my problem is this. I have found lots of sites that show how to use WSP Builder, but they don't seem to show...

How to handle SharePoint deployment of wsp? Take site offline?

What is the recommended approach to handle a SharePoint deployment via a WSP? During the deployment of the WSP the web site returns an HTTP 503 Service Unavailable response. I am doing the WSP deployment with a series of stsadm.exe commands from a bat file. I know I can probably drop an app_offline.htm file in the virtual directory fold...

SharePoint wsp solution: How to Deploy Globally

Hi, I have created a wsp package and add it to CentralAdministration> Operations> Solution Management using addsolution command of stsadm. Now when I click on Deploy Solution menu, it taransfer me to deploy solution page. In this page ,in "Deploy To?" section, it shows me dropdown list with entries like 'All Content web Applications'. B...

WiX: Installer for MOSS WSP

I've a question about creating an installer with WiX. In my SharePoint development I have three different features. They are all installed with a separate WSP. One of the WSPs (called A.wsp) contains another WSP (B.wsp) (it's the basic for the program). Every wsp can be installed for it's on. How can I check when uninstalling A.wsp if...

SOAP header Axis1.3 wsp security

I have to expose/provide the service method in which I have to implement the Soap Headers Security. Below is the Sample SOAP Header which I have to implement in my Service Method. I am using Axis 1.4, Tomcat 5 and Java 1.5. Response XML :please ignore ' from XML. please consider it as XML. '<'S:Header'>' '<'wsp:authentication'>' ...

Solutions/features for editions of a commercial SharePoint product

Assume for a moment that you are creating a commercial product for SharePoint. This product will be offered in both Community (free) and Enterprise (pay) editions. The code base for the Community edition is a subset with minor deltas all handled through (C#) #define statements. Effectively it's a single code base. The build process b...

Sharepoint WebPart, include additional assembly in wsp package

Hi all I created a utility library for my Sharepoint WebParts. Now when I reference this library from my WebPart project, it compiles fine, but the library is not included in the .wsp package. This means the library assembly is not deployed to the target system, causign the WebPart to fail. Is there any way to fix this? I am using Visu...

How to deploy and activate SharePoint solution in SharePoint Server 2010 using web services?

In SharePoint 2010, site templates (.stp files) are deprecated. Instead, solutions (.wsp files) are used to achieve the same effect, but also beyond that. Uploading .stp file and using it was straight forward in MOSS and WSS. However, in SharePoint 2010, it is necessary to upload a solution and to activate it before using it. I need th...

Deploying a content type and site columns with a WSP in MOSS

I'm looking for a clean, and repeatable, solution to deploying custom site columns and content types to MOSS using a WSP. I've currently split up my product into two Visual Studio solutions. The first contains the code itself where the second will contain the XML files required to describe the site columns and content types. ...

Unable to resolve assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c', please use DLLReferencePath to point to the directory where this DLL is located.

Hello , I am having some problem ,I am using wspbuilder to create wsp file. When I go to build wsp I am facing this error. "Unable to resolve assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c', please use DLLReferencePath to point to the directory where this DLL is located." I have adde...

How to create SharePoint Site definition with custom lists using WSPBuilder?

Hello, I'm using WSPBuilder and I want to create a site definition this site definition contains some custom list definition (some list creates based on "Custom List" template). The site contains also some files the will copied to _layouts folder (which I know how to include it the .wsp file). My request here is how i can create the site...

Merging Sharepoint WSP solution files

I have multiple projects/wsp solutions for my different Sharepoint webparts and event receivers. This is fine for development, however I would like to merge the resulting .wsp files into a single one for production deployment. Is there a way to do so? I am using vsewss 1.2 only. ...