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Flat File Schema Properties Now Easily Accessible in SP1

by Stephen Thomas | Apr 1, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts

In addition to all the other cool stuff available in BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1 is the addition of the Additional Flat File Schema Properties to the schema properties window when working with Flat Files. Now, properties like Allow Early Termination, Generate...

Error Fixed In Flat File Disassembler Sample

by Stephen Thomas | Mar 31, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts

Today I was working on some content for Tech Ed when I found a major error in a sample I posted about 4 months ago. The error caused the CR-LF’s between records to be included in the positional character count during debatching and actually into the messages...

Large Messages Can Cause Large Problems in BizTalk

by Stephen Thomas | Mar 29, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts

Recently I have seen a lot of talk about large message support in BizTalk 2004. The most interesting and depressing was on the BizTalk Core Engine WebLog. It seems that large messages do not work as well in BizTalk 2004 as I would have hoped. I have had success with...

Debatching Messages Into Smaller Batches In An Orchestration

by Stephen Thomas | Mar 21, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts

It is a common request. How can I debatch a message into smaller batches rather than single messages inside BizTalk 2004? I have tried many times to get this accomplished natively inside the pipeline. One would think it would be as easy as setting the group property...

WMI Suspended Instances for BizTalk Server 2004

by Stephen Thomas | Mar 8, 2005 | Azure Integration Thoughts

The help guide gives many excellent examples of using WMI to perform a large variety of useful tasks in BizTalk 2004. One of the little known features is the ability to have suspended messages saved to a file at the time of suspense. I would assume this is govern by...
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