User:Minooz/CanTire/Doc

Development Steps

Test on VM

• 1- Create the site
• 2- Deploy the existing Sharepoint solution to the new site.
• 3- 'Get' the project from the PVCS
• 4- Do the changes, build
• 5- Copy the new .aspx page (if there is any change in this page) to the existing .aspx page of the solution package in Sharepoint -> e.g. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\CanTire.ContinuingEducation
• 6- Drag and drop the created .dll file from the /bin to the GAC -> (C:\Windows\Assembly)
• 7- Restart IIS from local admin account
• 8- In order to Debug, click on Debug -> Attach to process -> w3wp.exe -> Run the application on IE -> the breakpoints will be hi
• 9- After making sure the result is successful, Change the Solution Package (wsp):

Note that not all of these steps might be necessary, it depends on the case and errors.

1. Deactive the feature

Stsadm.exe -o deactivatefeature -filename “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml” -ur http://servername/

2.Uninstall the feature

stsadm -o uninstallfeature -filename

3.Retract Solution

stsadm -o retractsolution

4. Add the solution

stsadm -o addsolution -filename {WSPFILENAME}

5. Deploy the solution

stsadm -o deploysolution -name {WSPFILENAME} -url {SITEURL}

6. Install the feature

stsadm -o installfeature -filename {FeatureFolder}\feature.xml

7. Activate the feature

stsadm -o activatefeature -id {FEATUREID} -url {SITEURL} -force