Nice script Paul!

Just out of curiousity, where did you find the information for the 5.0 installer package format. I've seen a few blog posts here and there but can't seem to locate a definitive spec anywhere.

I've been messing around with a sample installer today but I'm getting Object reference not set to an instance of an object error when installing it in DNN 5.0. If I just leave my old format the module installs fine. Without a proper spec published I think it's going to be hard to debug the problem.

Richard,

The problem of the object error is probably related to the component element - the type must be either "Skin" or "Container" - case sensitive - so type="skin" will cause an object error.  I have created a support ticket on this issue.  The lack of a valid type should be handled.

As for doco on the manifest file ... I looked at the install manifests located in the Install directory of the RCs and final release of DNN V5.  The .resource files are just zip files, so I renamed them, then when hunting for the .dnn file.   I also looked at the vb source of the installers in the Source version of DNN V5.  A bit of reverse engineering to discover what is required.

Assuming they worked, it was a case of trail and error to build a working VBscript. 

Biggest issue I had was ensuring the case was correct -- for example -- skinFile, skinFiles, containerFile, and containerFiles along with the type = "Skin" or "Container" were the worst problem I encountered.

Paul.