BizTalk 2004 Flat File Schema Tutorial 1

BizTalk 2004 Flat File Schema Tutorial 1

This is a good overview of creating schema for flat-file parsing.

Constructing BizTalk 2004 XML Messages (In an Orchestration) - Choices

Constructing BizTalk 2004 XML Messages (In an Orchestration) - Choices

Finally, I found an example of constructing a message and assigning property values to it in BizTalk 2004 Orchestrations. Example number three in this link is what I will be using.

BizTalk Server Orchestration - message has not been initialized in construct statement

BizTalk Server Orchestration - message has not been initialized in construct statement

This may sound very basic...but...

When using the MessageAssignment orchestration shape, if the message you are using has not been instantiated by a map or a port then you must manually instantiate the message:

Message_Type = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
//Now that the message has been instantiated it can be used.
Message_Type.[PropertyName] = "Property Value";

Mark Schmidt's Abode : Creating Multiple Input Maps for BizTalk Server 2004

I may use this to compose multipart mime documents.

...Update:
I discovered an issue with this post. I was only able to get the BizTalk Mapper to launch when the schemas used in the example were in the same project as the orchestration. There may be another solution, but I don't have time to look for one! I think the reason for the problem is the namespacing used in the schemas I downloaded in the example. -j

...Update 2:
This method only works if the target namespace of all the input maps is defined. If the namespaces are not defined then the map generated only carries across the source schema for the first message. -j

Threat Modeling Web Applications

Since security concerns often take a back seat to speed of delivery, I thought this article was interesting. It shows a simple model for elaborating upon security concerns for web-based applications.

Re: [xsl] how to remove xmlns attributes in html out put via copy-of

Yippie friggin doo da! I found this xsl script that strips namespaces and prefixes out of an xml document. This is going to be very useful in some Biztalk 2004 transformations that I doing.

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

Now that I am doing BizTalk work, I will need a better understanding of XPath, advanced Xml, and XSL. So...

Different Types of BizTalk Schemas

I used this article to generate xsd's from dtd's provided by a client that had to be conformed to. Xsd's are a much easier format to work with without a doubt!

Meeting by Wire - Your NetMeeting Information Source

This site is useful in getting netmeeting up and running and answering related questions.

BizTalk 2004 Naming Conventions

Innovative Architects uses these naming conventions for BizTalk 2004 Artifacts.