Questions tagged [solution-package]
SharePoint solution is deployed to a SharePoint server by using a solution package (.wsp) file. You can use Visual Studio to organize your SharePoint Project Items into Features and to create a package to deploy your SharePoint Features.
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Farm solution deployed to my web application , is not available to new site collections
I have a .wsp Farm solution deployed to my web applications, as follow:-
I have created this solution using VS .Now inside my current web application I have 2 site collections. Old site collection ...
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How to export .wsp solution files from SharePoint 2007 Farm
I want to download/export all .wsp solution files from SharePoint 2007 farm in order to deploy them again on new environment. How can i export or download .wsp files? I don't want to extract .wsp ...
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Single wsp VS multiple WSPs (100 +)?
So we have created Sharepoint 2013 Webparts for a Specific solution. As we didn`t have TFS and had multiple developers work within one install on a remote server , we separated into multiple projects ...
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Retract solution (WSP) in Visual Studio 2013 - Delete Content Types
When I use Retract command in VS 2013 on my WSP, content types do not get deleted on the site. So whenever I want to update content types, I need to recreate the site. I've done some analysis on this ...
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Automating Sharepoint Foundation 2013 Installation and Deployment of Project
I'm a long time software developer with absolutely no experience in Sharepoint.
I have just joined a new company and I was asked by the team leader to create an installer for Sharepoint Foundation ...
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Sandbox Solution: Why won't it update when published?
I have a weird problem in VS 2013 working with a SharePoint NCSS Sandbox Solution. Whenever I right-click and Publish the .wsp locally on the file system, it publishes an old version of the .wsp. By ...
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Deploy the global.asax file using wsp
I need to make change to global.asax in custom STS . Since 7 applications use this STS, I would like to create a package ,so that it is deployed on all servers . Could anyone provide code or link ...
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Deploying Visual Studio 2012 solutions to SharePoint 2010 like WSPBuilder
I have spent several years developing SharePoint solutions for WSS 3.0 using Visual Studio 2008 and the WSPBuilder add-in. WSPBuilder would generate a folder containing a setup.exe file. This file ...
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SharePoint PowerShell Script deployment. Only errors outside of Visual Studio?
I have a problem regarding deployment of WSP package. I develop the solution using Visual Studio and use No Activation + a PowerShell script as 'post-deployment' command. The PowerShell script is the ...
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Deployment Problems
I am trying to deploy SharePoint web parts that are based on a SharePoint project developed beforehand. I deployed them using a .bat and .ps1 files, running the former from command prompt. I've been ...
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error 404 but app is successfully deployed
I have deployed a solution containing a REST web service.
When I recall the url I get error 404.
What could be wrong?
In the Central Admin I have the following properties
Name: MySharePointSolution....
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Deployment content type on production using a wsp
I've create a lot of custom content types in a Visual Studio Solution on the development environment. Everything works fine, and I deploy everything to the content type hub using Visual Studio (I've ...
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Upload site template PowerShell
I am using SharePoint 2013 and i want to create some spweb from a site template...
I have created a site and added my desired content and i saved that site as template, then went to solution gallery ...
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Deploy wsp without logging to SP server
Can i deploy a wsp using powershell batch file without logging to the sp server ?
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How to debug and deploy Legacy solutions
I've migrated from visual Studio 2008 / 2010 + WSP builder for a while now, and have been using Visual Studio 2012 / 2013 + F5.
Now I've come across some legacy solutions, which are still active and ...
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What does "Synchronize" paramter of Install-SPSolution do?
Install-SPSolution command can accept an optional Synchronize parameter. MSDN says that it "synchronizes all solutions or the specified solution in the local farm". But what does this mean? What ...
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Using sharepoint to develop bespoke solution in sharepoint
I have a solution which I need to implement in Sharepoint 2013. It is not very complicated project, but it is fairly comprehensive.
It will need to have 10-12 pages site to meet a business need and ...
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Upgrading solution 2007 from the 2010 package
I have a small issue or a big one ...
So I have a SharePoint 2007 where a solution build in visual studio 2008 is deployed. Recently i've started to develop in 2010, i converted the solution to the ...
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GacDeployment does not show any results
following scenario. I have a structure that looks as follows:
WebApplication (App) --> SiteCollection (SiteCol) --> Site (Site) --> WebSite (Web) --> List
I developed an eventreceiver which should ...
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The field with Id {GUID} defined in feature {GUID} was found in the current site collection or in a subsite
I am not the developer and I need to deploy a solution by add-SPsolution with WSP file. I don't have Visual Studio to make change like Overwrite="TRUE"
During my first deploy, everything goes fine ...
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After a server upgrade, what types of health checks do you perform
We are currently trying to validate a deployment but want to make sure we've checked all the appropriate things. Other than testing new functionality, what steps to do you take to make sure an update ...
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How to migrate a custom site theme & layout pages from Staging-->Prod
I am wondering how to best migrate a custom theme (custom master page, layouts, including image and css assets etc) from one environment to another in SharePoint 2013 (STAGING-->PRODUCTION).
The ...
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Deployment time of wsp in Sharepoint
I like to enter the deployment time of wsp into registry when we had installed on particular server.
How to get it in code?
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How can I build a Visual Studio 2010 solution from wsp? [duplicate]
I've inherited a site with a Sandbox Solution but no documentation nor the original solution package. How can I extract the .wsp to get the solution? I tried renaming it to a .cab file and ...
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Possible to debug old solutions running in 2010 mode in a 2013 environment?
I've got a SharePoint 2013 VM for development using Visual Studio 2013. I've deployed an "old" 2010 wsp containing a visual webpart for using it within site collections running in 2010 mode in my 2013 ...
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Error deploying custom web parts
I deployed my WSP to the SP server and activated my solution. When I attempted to add my web parts to a page I get the message:
A Web Part of Web Form Control on this Page cannot be displayed or ...
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Change default publish location in Visual Studio
Whenever I want to publish my SharePoint solution, the Target Location is selected as "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents". Is there a way to change the default value for this option?
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Custom CSS not updated
I have 3 css files that are located there : site\style library\folder\css
These 3 files was deployed from a solution (.wsp). In the Elements.xml file, every css has these properties : Type="...
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"Unselect All" features when importing a site template to Visual Studio 2012?
In Visual Studio 2012 I'm importing a WSP of a site template using the "SharePoint Customization Wizard." The list of features displays with all items selected. I only want to import a couple ...
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Iterative deployments using WSP in SharePoint2010
I am looking for best practices for deploying frequent custom code changes to SharePoint 2010 server, my changes include all kind of changes like web parts, content types, workflows, feature receivers,...
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Creating a .wsp for SharePoint 2013 from a SP2010 compatible project
I have a rather old SharePoint project that I believe goes back to SP2007, and is currently working fine with SP2010. My current process for creating a .wsp for sp2010 is to use WSPBuilder. It seems ...
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SharePoint 2013 Composed Look - How to add .spcolor and .preview file to SP Server via VS package?
We are using VS2012 and SP2013.
Presently we are deploying a masterpage via VS module (without feature event receiver, so we are not activating it on deployment).
Then, creating a composed look with ...
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Muilti deploy DLLs from external Projects into single WSP
I'm trying to build a single .WSP that should contains multiple DLLs from External projects.
I've been following that this tutorial: Link
I've followed all steps but on deploy , DLLS doesn't appear ...
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2010: How to deploy filled content editor WebPart and SPD-modified views in a wsp file
I am developing a custom sharepoint solution with Visual Studio. The Solution contains an application page, it creates lists in the featur event receiver and so on.
I'd like to deploy some pre-filled ...
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Localization problems in WSP template
I configure a SharePoint 2013 site using the web interface. I save the site as a template, a WSP package. I then utilize this template on new, clean, team sites.
It works great almost all the times.
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Deploy a package(wsp file) with dependent assemblies to GAC but dont remove them on Retracting, how?
When developing a SharePoint solution(a webpart for instance) sometimes we need to add some required assemblies(a telerik assembly for instance) to GAC.
So for that we will add this assemblies via ...
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convert to sandbox
How I can deploy a custom webpart solution inheret Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.DataFormWebPart as sandbox solution ?
as Microsoft documentation, there is a restrication on using this class in ...
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List instance in SharePoint solution: how to prevent from deleting after deployment?
I am developing a SharePoint solution including some list definitions, list instances, content type and a workflow (more to come...)
Is it best practice to keep everything in one solution (WSP)? If I ...
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Continue working on a webpart that has been deployed
I might not understand the whole concept of SharePoint yet, but is it possible to continue working on a deployed web part without the original Visual Studio-project?
We have a third party company ...
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Which of the foll. powershell script is correct way to install a timer job into SharePoint?
1: install-spsolution Solution.wsp -webapplication "webapplication" -GACDeployment –force
2: install-spsolution Solution.wsp -GACDeployment –force
Which of above is best practice?
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Download/Export solution from site solution gallery
I'm trying to automate the process of downloading one solution and then add/install the same solution to other site collections. The first thing to do would be to download the freshly created solution ...
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Solution Packaging Images
I have a solution package (sandboxed) for branding. All my images are deployed to the Style Library.
I deploy the solution package and I can see all images inside Style Library. I can access the ...
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Sandboxed solution deployed activated, in Site Collection Features but not in Manage site features?
I have a sandboxed feature I deployed successfully. It is activated when I check in Site collection features, but when I go to Manage site features it is not there to activate. What am I missing? ...
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How do you deploy a custom web service within a WSP file?
I can deploy my assembly in a wsp to our MOSS 2007 server but I can't seem to find any information about how to automatically deploy my .asmx, disco.aspx and wdsl.aspx files at the same time.
Is this ...
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How do I edit the Mapped Folder contents in a package
I have some files that somehow got included in a Mapped Folder in a package. I deleted the files because they are not necessary but I can't figure out how to tell the package to stop including them. ...
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How to deploy wsp to single web application
I want to deploy my solution to a single web application. I used the following script:
Add-SPSolution -c:/mywebpart.wsp
Install-SPSolution mywebpart.wsp -WebApplication "SharePoint Debugging" -...
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This solution contains no resources scoped for a web application
I'm trying to figure out exactly how I can deploy a solution to a single web application without it being deployed to other web applications in the same farm.
The reason for this is that I have ...
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How to edit web part from wsp solution
I have wsp files that contain some web parts that I need to change the functionality of. Without the actual solution or project files, using just the wsp, is it possible to edit them?
I changed the ...
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Unable to setup SharePoint Content Database Size Monitor
I have deployed this WSP from http://sphealthdbsize.codeplex.com/ on my SharePoint 2010 farm.
As per documentation, I should get Review Database Sizes link under Central Admin -> Application ...
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Installing a WSP does not update my custom master page
I have a SharePoint 2010 solution that I develop in Visual Studio 2012. I have a custom master page that I made some changes to. When I publish the .WSP and deploy to my stage environment the changes ...
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