We found a bug in Web Service Software Factory a description can be found here. There has been no updates on it so we decided to download the code and fix it ourself. Very simple bug and we patched it with maybe 3 lines of code. However* we have now tried to repackage it and use it and are finding that this is seemingly an impossible process.

Can someone please explain to me the process of PLKs? I have read all about them but still don't understand what is really required to distribute a VS package.

I was able to get it to load and run using a PLK obtained from here, but i am assuming that you have to be a partner to get a functional PLK that will be recognized on other peoples systems?

Every time i try and install this on a different computer I get a "Package Load Failure". Is the reason I am getting errors because I am not using a partner key? Is there any other way around this? For instance is there any way we can have an "internal" VS package that we can distribute?

Edit Files I had to change to get it to work.

• First run devenv PostInstall.proj
• Generate your plks and replace ##Package PLK## (.resx files) --Just note that package version is not the class name but is "Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition" -- And you need to remove the new lines from the key
• ProductDefinitionRegistryFragment.wxi line 1252(update version to whatever version you used in plk)
• Uncomment all // [VSShell::ProvideLoadKey("Standard", Constant in .tt files.