Building a WSP File on the Build Machine

Question

On my development machine I installed VSeWSS 1.3 and configured the local IIS 6 so that I can build my SharePoint project and deploy

Answer 1

I just faced the same problem. I opted for another tool for developing the whole solution: I found WSPBuilder much cleaner and less intrusive. It also can be used from the Command line, which is great for Build files.

I modified some Nant scripts created by Bil Simser in order to compile and deploy the project and move the code from VSeWSS to WSPBuilder. It works like a charm either on my machine or on the build machine.

You can find WSPBuilder on http://www.Codeplex.com, and these targets need nantContrib (on www.tigris.org) to work.

Here are some of the targets I'm using: