WSPBuilder doesn't add all Files to manifest.xml correctly

Question

I use WSPBuilder to create WSP-Files from my Sharepoint projects. Some of them contain Files in special folders like "Layouts" that need to be deployed.

When I use VS2010's ability to create a wsp-File using the "deploy" command, the wsp contains a manifest.xml like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Solution xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" SolutionId="2d5da9c1-0fe4-4ff8-9f4d-c025cf9bc2c1" SharePointProductVersion="14.0">
  <Assemblies>
    <Assembly Location="Tools.dll" DeploymentTarget="GlobalAssemblyCache" />
  </Assemblies>
  <TemplateFiles>
    <TemplateFile Location="Layouts\GetThumbnail.aspx" />
  </TemplateFiles>
</Solution>

But when I use WSPBuilder the <TemplateFiles> section is completely missing. That is how I call WSPBuilder:

WspBuilder. tools.csprog -buildSafeControls false

Any idea how to get those templatefiles into the manifest.xml wit WSPBuilder?

Answer 1

You should not use the old WSPBuilder tool to build SharePoint 2010 packages. Use either Visual Studio or MSBuild if you need automate the process:

set msbuild="C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
set config=Debug
set outdir="C:\out\"
%msbuild% /p:Configuration=%config% /m ../My.SharePoint.Project/My.SharePoint.Projectcsproj /t:Package /p:BasePackagePath=%outdir%

More information: How can I build a SharePoint 2010 package using command line?