Developing Extensions: what is "configArchive.properties" for?

Hi,
I developed my own Extension, based on the example given in the Extension-Developer-Guide ("SimpleExtension").
My own Extension is working, but I'm not sure, what the files "configArchive.properties" and "SimpleExtension.prjconfig.configarchive" are used for.
Obviously the later is specific for the Extension, but my Extension is running, even it has a different name ("ZRoomExtension") and I did not customize the two files.
I tried to just delete them (ok, probably not the smartest idea...), but then my project would not deploy (even though I got no error message here).
I did not find anything about these files in the Extension-Developer-Guide. Can anyone give me a clue what these files are used for?
Thank You very much, rehards
Jan Hempel

Hi Jan,
the configArchive.properties are used when a configArchive is deployed to determine on what things the configuration is dependent (I don't know the exact mechanism, but this shouldn't matter, as it is built by NWDS and there is no need to touch it afterwards).
The configArchive itself is different. It reflects a configuration and instances of this configuration. You can open the file (it's a ZIP) - and you'll see the files zipped you'll also find under src.config.
In the case of extensions, only an instance of an already configured configuration is defined. After deployment, you'll see the configuration instance under System Admin - System Config - KM - Coll - Extension - Extension.
Hope it helps
Detlev

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