Issue: How to export WSP from WSS and MOSS to Sharepoint 2010
Solution: I found this power shell script that gives you the list of solution on WSS and MOSS. It gives you the option of saving it on local drive as wsp file.
You need to install the Power shell 2.0 and SharePoint snap-in on your MOSS farm to run this script.
1. Copy the below code in txt file to a c:\script directory on your SharePoint server.
2. Rename the file as solution.ps1
3. Run/call the file using the power shell
#########Copy the code from below############
param ([string] $name, [string] $localpath)
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0 , Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c") | Out-Null
function Get-SolutionName()
{
# Initialize an empty hashtable to store solution names and indexes
$solHash = @{};
# Bind to the collections of all solutions in the local farm and process them one by one, storing names in a hashtable
# under automatically incremented indexes
# The Foreach-Object cmdlet uses the begin/process/end structure to initialize the $i index counter
([Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]::Local).Solutions |
Foreach-Object {$i=1;} {$solHash.$i = $_.displayname; $i++} { }
Write-Host;
# If solutions were found, present the user with selection
if ($solHash.Count -gt 0)
{
Write-Host -Object "The following solutions were found in the farm:" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
Write-Host;
# Hashtables are not sortable, so in order to sort solutions by index keys have to be sorted separately first
$solHash.Keys | Sort-Object | Foreach-Object {Write-Host -Object $("`t[{0}] {1}" -f $_, $solHash[$_]) -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;}
Write-Host;
Write-Host -Object "Enter the index number of the solution you wish to retrieve, or 0 (zero) to exit: " -NoNewLine -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
# Obtain input from user and return the matching value from the hashtable
return $solHash[[int](Read-Host)];
}
# No solutions found in the configuration database
else
{
Write-Host -Object "The local farm's solution store contains no solutions." -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
Write-Host;
}
}
# Check if name of target solution was specified as a parameter
if (-not $name)
{
# Name of solution was not specifed, so call the Get-SolutionName function to obtain the name
$name = Get-SolutionName;
# If after calling the function the name is still unknown, stop execution
if (-not $name)
{ break; }
}
# Check if local path to save the file to was specified as a parameter
if (-not $localpath)
{
Write-Host;
# Prompt and obtain local path value from user
Write-Host -Object "Enter the local path to the folder you want the solution file to be saved to: " -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
$localpath = Read-Host;
}
# Check if the path specified is valid and throw an exception if it's not
if (-not $(Test-Path -Path $localpath -PathType Container))
{
throw "`"$localpath`" is not a valid path! If the path contains spaces, it must be enclosed in SINGLE quotes."
}
# Try to bind to the target solution
$solution = ([Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]::Local).Solutions | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $name}
Write-Host;
# Check if solution was found
if ($solution -ne $null)
{
# Constitute the full local path (including file name)
$solPath = Join-Path -Path $localpath -ChildPath $solution.SolutionFile.Name;
# Try and save solution file locally
$solution.SolutionFile.SaveAs($solPath);
# If no errors occurred, display a success message
if ($?)
{
Write-Host "Solution file saved successfully to $solPath" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
Write-Host;
}
}
# Solution not found in the store; display a warning message
else
{
Write-Host -Object "Solution `"$name`" could not be found!" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkMagenta;
Write-Host;
}
