Where does that go in the manifest? or How To Build a Solution Pack (WSP)

Thinks

Eric Stallworth put together a very nice blog post that DudesOnKill pointed to that goes into the nuts and bolts of building a solution pack (wsp), a DDF (diamond directive file), manifest file, deploying, activating and … (go read the post for the best pull of the information!)

Links

• The Art of SharePoint ~ Eric Stallworth: How To Build a Solution Pack (WSP)
• Deploying Web Parts with Solution Packages in WSS v3/MOSS 2007
• Related tools on CodePlex
  • STSDEV
  • STSDEV2008
  • WSPBUILDER

Clinks

• NOT SO GOOD – I got stumped again on this not remembering the ins and outs, but relying on tools over memory of actions behind the curtain (wizard of oz)
• GOOD – DudesOnKill gets the cheers for pointing in the right direction, and the Rockstar and EC for sharing (names changed to protect the innocent)
• GOOD – Eric Stallworth has a great post on this topic