Build SharePoint Feature to Deploy File System Changes

With SharePoint solution packages, its possible to port the file system changes and providing Feature based solutions! Lets build a SharePoint 2007 feature to deploy file system changes (12 hive files) using WSP Builder. Here are the steps:

1. Create a new WSP project ( you need to have WSP Builder installed. If not, get it from CodePlex)

2. Add a New Item

3. Add a New Feature with Receiver code.

2. Add the code in Feature Receiver, Say for e.g. I'm Replacing a image in 12 hive, I've written the following code.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using System.IO;

namespace FileSystemChangesFeature

{

class FileSystemChangesFeature : SPFeatureReceiver

{

public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

//Backup the Original Image NORESULT.gif and Replace with the New image from Features Directory

if (File.Exists("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF"))

{

File.Move("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF","C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF.BAK");

File.Copy("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\FEATURES\\FileSystemChangesFeature\\NORESULT.GIF", "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF");

}

public override void FeatureDeactivating(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

if (File.Exists("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF"))

{

File.Delete("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF");

File.Copy("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF.BAK", "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\12\\TEMPLATE\\LAYOUTS\\1033\\IMAGES\\NORESULT.GIF");

}

public override void FeatureInstalled(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

//throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");

}

public override void FeatureUninstalling(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

// throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");

}