Elements and attributes

<component   type="Widget">

  <widgetFiles>

	<basePath></basePath>

    <widgetFile>

      <path/>

      <name/>

   </widgetFile>

  </widgetFiles>

</component>

• basePath: the folder where all the files will be copied, relative to the folder Resources\Widgets\User where all user widgets are installed
• widgetFile: defines all files that are part of this widget. The path is relative to the previously especied basePath.
  

Sample

<component type="Widget">

  <widgetFiles>

    <basePath>YourCompany</basePath>

    <widgetFile>

      <name>YourCompany.Widgets.SampleWidget.js</name>

    </widgetFile>

    <widgetFile>

      <name>license.txt</name>

    </widgetFile>

    <widgetFile>

      <name>releasenotes.txt</name>

    </widgetFile>

  </widgetFiles>

</component>

References

• The manifest file
• Creating a DotNetNuke Skin Widget Manifest File Blog post by Will Strohl