While working on a visual studio web part project today, I did a minor re-org of some files to be put into the _layouts folder as part of the deployment process. Specifically, I renamed a .js file from “TypeAhead.js” to “TypeAhead(old).js” I plan to remove it as soon as its successor “TypeAhead.js” proves correct. It looked like this:
This immediately caused a problem with visual studio when I tried to deploy the project:
Error occurred in deployment step ‘Add Solution’: Failed to extract the cab file in the solution.
It turns out that you should not put a parenthesis in file names. I removed the parens and that solved the problem.
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Hi Paul,
Just wanted to say thanks for a handy post – I had accidentally renamed one of my files with two dots before the file extension – quick google and your post came up first
Cheers
Alex