Build your project and package it into an .soe file???Starting at ArcGIS 10.1 for Server, SOEs are encapsulated in an .soe file. After compiling your code, you create the .soe file using Esri-provided utilities integrated into your IDE.
That is all it says. I understand "Build your project" but have no clue how to "package it into an .soe file". There is absolutely no help on this.
There was another error short circuiting the process. But it still would be nice to know how to generate these manually. The solution does nothing if you are in VS2012.
In VS2012 you have to edit the project file and add
I generate mine manually. The extensions (soe, ecfg, etc.) are all renamed zip files. You can unzip them, reverse engineer the contents, and then generate them manually yourself. For example, I add additional configuration files to my soe.