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:

<target name="build" depends="compile">
  <copy todir="${build.dir}\12\">
    <fileset basedir="${sharepoint.dir}\12">
      <include name="**/*"/>
    </fileset>
  </copy>
  <copy
    file="${sharepoint.dir}\solutionid.txt"
    tofile="${build.dir}\solutionid.txt"
  />
  <call target="buildsolutionfile" />
</target>



<target name="buildsolutionfile">
    <exec program="${wspbuilder.exe}" workingdir="${build.dir}">

      <arg value="-BuildDDF"/>
      <arg value="${debug}"/>

      <arg value="-Cleanup"/>
      <arg value="false"/>

      <arg value="-FolderDestination"/>
      <arg value="${build.dir}"/>

      <arg value="-Outputpath"/>
      <arg value="${build.dir}"/>

      <arg value="-TraceLevel"/>
      <arg value="verbose"/>
    </exec>
    <copy
      file="${build.dir}\${package.file}"
      tofile="${solution.dir}\${package.file}"/>
  </target>



 <target name="addsolution">
    <exec program="${stsadm.exe}" verbose="${verbose}">
      <arg value="-o" />
      <arg value="addsolution" />
      <arg value="-filename" />
      <arg value="${solution.dir}\${package.file}" />
    </exec>
    <call target="spwait" />
  </target>

  <target name="spwait" description="Waits for the timer job to complete.">
    <exec program="${stsadm.exe}" verbose="${verbose}">
      <arg value="-o" />
      <arg value="execadmsvcjobs" />
    </exec>
  </target>
  <target name="app.pool.reset" description="Resets Sharepoint's application pool.">
    <iisapppool action="Restart" pool="${apppool}" server="${server}" />
  </target>
  <target name="deploysolution" depends="addsolution">
    <exec program="${stsadm.exe}" workingdir="${build.dir}"  verbose="${verbose}">
      <arg value="-o" />
      <arg value="deploysolution" />
      <arg value="-name" />
      <arg value="${package.file}" />
      <arg value="-immediate" />
      <arg value="-allowgacdeployment" />
      <arg value="-allcontenturls" />
      <arg value="-force" />
    </exec>
    <call target="spwait" />
    <call target="app.pool.reset" />

  </target>