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Automating the install of the Application Templates for SharePoint

by Kindler Chase 20. January 2008 00:00

As I was manually installing the Fab 40 Application templates and sites for SharePoint 2007 in my development environment, I did what most lazy developers do: What could I do to automate the process of installing all the templates? Then it hit me. Why not just iterate through the file system and call the stsadm.exe command line for each file.

And as the sharing SharePoint developer I am, I decided to post my installation scripts for all other lazy developers.

Automating the installation of the WSP and STP templates

To install the WSP and STP templates to your SharePoint site:

Unzip the templates to either a directory on your server or a file share you can access from your server.
Save the following scripts as a .bat file to the same directory you unzipped the templates into.
Simply double click each .bat file and watch the automated install which should take no more than a couple of minutes for each .bat file.

The following code snippets can be downloaded at the bottom of this post.

install-wsp-templates.bat

The following will install the .WSP templates:

AbsenceVacationSchedule.wsp
ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp
BudgetingTrackingMultipleProjects.wsp
BugDatabase.wsp
CallCenter.wsp
ChangeRequest.wsp
ComplianceProcessSupport.wsp
ContactsManagement.wsp
DocumentLibraryReview.wsp
EventPlanning.wsp
ExpenseReimbursementApproval.wsp
HelpDesk.wsp
InventoryTracking.wsp
ITTeamWorkspace.wsp
JobRequisition.wsp
KnowledgeBase.wsp
LendingLibrary.wsp
PhysicalAssetTracking.wsp
ProjectTrackingWorkspace.wsp
RoomEquipmentReservations.wsp
SalesLeadPipeline.wsp

   1:  :: Kindler Chase 2008-01-15 www.RareGrooveRider.com

   2:  :: Installation of all application templates

   3:  :: Be sure to run this script from the location the application templates reside.

4:

5:

   6:  @ECHO OFF

7:

   8:  ECHO This will install all the WSS 3.0 WSP Application templates.

   9:  ECHO.

  10:  ECHO Be sure this script resides in the same directory

  11:  ECHO as the application templates!!!

  12:  ECHO.

  13:  PAUSE

  14:  CLS

15:

  16:  SET STS="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe"

17:

  18:  FOR %%G IN (*.wsp) DO (

  19:  ECHO %%G start

  20:  %STS% -o addsolution -filename %%G

  21:  %STS% -o deploysolution -name %%G -allowgacdeployment -immediate

  22:  ECHO %%G end

  23:  ECHO.

  24:  ECHO.

  25:  )

26:

  27:  ECHO Copying app bin content.

  28:  ECHO.

29:

  30:  %STS% -o copyappbincontent

31:

  32:  ECHO.

  33:  ECHO App bin content complete.

  34:  ECHO.

  35:  ECHO.

  36:  ECHO Executing jobs.

  37:  ECHO.

38:

  39:  %STS% -o execadmsvcjobs

40:

  41:  ECHO.

  42:  ECHO Jobs complete.

  43:  ECHO.

  44:  ECHO.

  45:  ECHO That's all folks!

  46:  ECHO.

47:

  48:  PAUSE

49:

  50:  EXIT

install-stp-tempaltes.bat

The following will install all the .STP templates:

BoardDirectors.stp
BusinessPerformance.stp
CaseManagement.stp
ClassroomManagement.stp
ClinicalTrial.stp
CompetitiveAnalysis.stp
DiscussionDatabase.stp
DisputedInvoice.stp
EmployeeActivities.stp
EmployeeBenefits.stp
EmployeeTraining.stp
EquityResearch.stp
ManufacturingProcess.stp
MarketingCampaign.stp
NewStoreOpening.stp
ProductPlanning.stp
RequestForProposal.stp
SportsLeague.stp
TeamWorkSite.stp
TimecardManagement.stp

   1:  :: Kindler Chase 2008-01-15 www.RareGrooveRider.com

   2:  :: Installation of all application templates

   3:  :: Be sure to run this script from the location the application templates reside.

4:

5:

   6:  @ECHO OFF

7:

   8:  ECHO This will install all the WSS 3.0 STP Application templates.

   9:  ECHO.

  10:  ECHO Be sure this script resides in the same directory

  11:  ECHO as the application templates!!!

  12:  ECHO.

  13:  PAUSE

  14:  CLS

15:

  16:  SET STS="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe"

17:

  18:  FOR %%G IN (*.stp) DO (

  19:  ECHO %%G start

  20:  %STS% -o addtemplate -filename %%G -title %%G

  21:  ECHO %%G end

  22:  ECHO.

  23:  ECHO.

  24:  )

25:

  26:  ECHO.

  27:  ECHO Ready to reset IIS.

  28:  PAUSE

29:

  30:  iisreset -noforce

31:

  32:  ECHO.

  33:  ECHO.

  34:  ECHO That's all folks!

  35:  ECHO.

36:

  37:  PAUSE

38:

  39:  EXIT

You now have 40 new site templates to play with on your SharePoint site.

Enjoy!

install-wsp-templates.bat (934.00 bytes)

install-stp-templates.bat (733.00 bytes)

Tags: stsadm, template, .wsp, .stp, development environment, sharepoint

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Comments

3/10/2008 1:29:14 PM #

nice tool! thank you

huy nguyen

3/10/2008 1:46:55 PM #

You're welcome, huy!

BTW, you can use the same scripts to install any .stp/.wsp templates by dropping the bat file(s) in the directory the templates reside.

Cheers!
::kindler::

Kindler Chase

3/24/2008 12:48:28 PM #

Gr8 stuff.. works like charm

productive and effificent use of time

Thanks agian.

Sameer

4/26/2008 10:34:24 PM #

Thanks - This was great - Very cool... I will let others know... Got any other cool sharepoint tools to share or sell... Let me know anytime...

TCowles

5/11/2008 2:29:39 AM #

hi, i would like to ask is this the one that able to deploy into the sharepoint server automatically (meaning once i upload the template into mysite, it will also be uploaded into central adminstration) or it only upload many templates into mysite without doing it manually.

thank you.

hihi

5/11/2008 2:38:52 AM #

Yes, the script will deploy the templates to your SharePoint server automatically. I would recommend that you first run this in your test environment to verify it works. And then, if it works as expected, do the same in your production environment.

Cheers!
::kindler::

Kindler Chase

5/11/2008 8:35:20 PM #

hi, thanks for your reply. i would try today. =)

5/11/2008 8:53:28 PM #

do you know of any post that would deploy the custom template into the sharepoint server.

5/12/2008 9:32:26 AM #

Lee,

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are asking. The script in the post does deploy the templates to the SharePoint server..

Cheers!
::kindler::

Kindler Chase

5/31/2008 7:09:58 PM #

Thanks so much for these batch files! Makes my life as a new SP adopter much easier.

Jignesh Joshi

6/7/2008 9:15:27 AM #

I downloaded your batch files and used them. They worked fine. You have done a great job for the community. Keep it up.

Tariq Changgez

Tariq Changgez

6/19/2008 4:38:15 PM #

Very nice tool! thank you.

Pascal Falcy

9/6/2008 9:15:26 AM #

Thaks a lot. Greate idea. It helps me a lot.

Md. Zakir Hossain

9/17/2008 11:52:22 AM #

Awesome

Matt

10/30/2008 4:49:37 PM #

"I did what most lazy developers do"

Geez, lazy guys have all the fun nowadays.

how can i become more lazy like you.

P.S. appreciate you membership
in the "sharing SharePoint developer" club.

salman

11/1/2008 12:15:59 PM #

@salman,

"how can i become more lazy like you."

By default you become a member just by using the scripts ;) How's that for lazy?

::k::

Kindler Chase

11/13/2008 10:48:44 PM #

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12/19/2008 6:36:17 AM #

Fantastic job on creating the batch files.

Thank you

saved a morning

Peter

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