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The WSP Repackage is easy to use, you just need to select the folder where all the files are located, select the output directory and provide the name to the WSP file, in a matter of seconds the compressed WSP solution will be ready. The WSP Repackage will only compress the files.
Where is the.wsp file created in Visual Studio?
When you package your SharePoint project, a .wsp file is created for you in the SolutionFolderbin folder. For example, if your solution is in C:Visual Studio 2013ProjectsListDefinition1 and your build configuration is set to Release, the .wsp file is located in C:Visual Studio 2013ProjectsListDefinition1binRelease.
What is a solution package in SharePoint 2013?
A solution package is a distribution package that delivers your custom SharePoint 2013 development work to the web servers or the application servers in your server farm. You can use solutions to package and deploy custom features, site templates, web templates, layout pages, web parts, cascading style sheets, and timer jobs.
How to deploy custom features in SharePoint web server?
Use the Install-SPSolution PowerShell cmdlet to deploy the SharePoint solution package to the farm. This unpacks the solution package and copies all files that are contained with a custom feature to a “Feature” directory located on the farm’s front-end web server.
Is the vs project in a WSP file?
The complexity of setting up the new VS project will depend on the complexity of the WSP. Neither the original source code nor the original VS Project/Solution exists in the WSP. The best approach is to make every effort to get the original Visual Studio solution and source code from the developer.
How can I extract code from a WSP file?
The downside is that all the code will be compiled into assemblies and there will be no way to extract the code from them. You could create a new Visual Studio web part project and add the assemblies from the wsp file and see if there are any open facing classes or members that can be accessed and go from there.
How to deploy a SharePoint solution in Visual Studio?
Typically, a 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.
Can a WSP file be rebuilt without the source?
Not only is the source not in the WSP, but the code was most likely signed with a key you do not have access to, which means that even if you use a tool like Reflector to get the source, you cannot rebuild the library using the original strong name.
An alternative to manually installing a web part to the Bin folder or manually changing the Web.config file is to use PowerShell to install the web part package. For this process to work, a developer or system administrator must create a CAB solution package for the web part. After you create a CAB file, follow these steps to deploy the web part.
How to extract files from a WSP file?
Check here for more info on how to extract files from the wsp file: You cannot simply ‘repackage’ a WSP, it must be rebuilt. Rename the file from .wsp to .cab and then double-click on it and you should be able to extract everything out of it.