OLP Files

Question

Does anybody know how an .OLP file is structured?

I am wondering if I can create a package solution of my site and then open the .OLP file to extract out the web pages, make modifications to the pages and then install it back. In theory I should be able to do this. However, when I open the .OLP file in Winzip, I see a manifest file but thats it. No pages. And, some of the .OLP files will not open with Winzip.

My reasoning is that I want to create a custom template for the site which is not possible with the Site Designer and is completely standards compliant. I also, do not want to enable Third Party Tools because you lose all of the sites nice built in functionality.

Office Live is so close to being a killer solution and I am starting to get frustrated with it.

Answer 1

I haven't seen anything regarding the OLP file format, but it definitely isn't just a ZIP archive as you pointed out. I'll keep my eyes open and let you know if I see anything helpful.

At one point I looked into it myself because I wanted to see the contents of an OLP archive for which I forgot the contents.

Answer 2

Hi Scott,

No, you cannot modify the contents of the OLP file. We use the contents of the original OLP + a variety of other secret incredients to generate a hash value that is verified when an OLP file is deployed.

If you open and tamper with the OLP, we will refuse to deploy it.

Since Office Live Small Business is a hosted service, we needed to take steps such as this to protect our servers and also a way to track potentially malicious OLP files that might be spreading throughout our customer base.

Thanks,
Chris

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Chris Beiter

Answer 3

Chris,

Are you sure that there is a strong checksum so that we can be sure that our OLP files will not be tampered with? So if that's the case, it is possible for me to protect an OLP from being copied if I embed some registration information from the user into the OLP?

THanks,
Royster
http://softprizm.com

Answer 4

this info might help shed some light on the olp jazz.

http://blogs.msdn.com/cbeiter/archive/2008/02/22/packaging-your-business-apps-website-into-a-cohesive-office-live-solution.aspx

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Digital Pixies Technologies

Answer 5

olp file cab restored using business application

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Answer 6

I have renamed my olp to cab and then extracted the manifest file.
Edited it 
then created a new cab without issue.

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http://matthew1clarke.com