Creating the Inner Archive for Patches (.ZIP file) 

Prerequisites

You have administration rights on the SAP NetWeaver Application Server.

Procedure

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       1.      Collect the files that need to be updated (for example, *.jsp, *.jar, *.gif, *.xml).

       2.      Create the install.xml file.

More information: Creating the Install.xml File

       3.      Create the META-INF folder and the MANIFEST.MF file.

The MANIFEST.MF file must contain the version number and the patch archive parameter.

Example of MANIFEST.MF file

Manifest-Version: 1.0 Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.6.5 Created-By: 1.5.0_06-b05 (Sun Microsystems Inc.) PatchArchive: X

       4.      Assemble the zip archive.

The zip archive must be packaged with all the files that you collected for the custom mobile component and the install.xml file.

The zip archive must contain the install.xml file in the root folder. The zip structure must look this: