Biztalk Adapters

851 of 1205 | Enhancing the interface for the WSS Adapter Properties - Adrian Hamza has created a nifty enhancement to the WSS Adapter Properties screen. The WssAdapterBrowseUI.dll modifies the default WSS Adapter UI so that instead of typing the names and URLs of SharePoint document libraries, lists, or columns you will be presented with a list view/tree view from where you can select the appropriate SharePoint object. Make sure to check out some of the other great content that Adrian has on his Windows SharePoint Services Adapter blog. Among other things, check out: BizTalk 2006 native WSS Adapter vs GotDotNet WSS Adapter - Features Overview Windows SharePoint Services Adapter Webcasts  Configuring Windows SharePoint Services on 64 bit machines/OS...

852 of 1205 | Adding Browse UI to BT'06 WSS adapter - The WssAdapterBrowseUI.dll modifies the default WSS Adapter UI so that instead of typing the names and URLs of SharePoint document libraries, lists, or columns you will be presented with a list view/tree view from where you can select the appropriate SharePoint object. The friendly names/titles of SharePoint objects are being shown but the UI is filled with the appropriate value (document library relative URL, document library title, column title, etc). This component does not validate that values entered manually are correct. Left image above is the original WSS UI included in BizTalk 2006. Right image above, is the modified WSS UI that includes browse SharePoint site functionality. The ......

853 of 1205 | Pre-Release BTS 2006 CHM Help File - Here is a link to the BizTalk Server 2006 Beta help documentation (3/3/06 build) in a .chm file.  Please post any comments here relating specifically to the adapter documenatation so I can fix or modify it for our RTW release.  Thank you for your feedback! http://blogs.msdn.com/luke/archive/2006/02/03/524534.aspx...

854 of 1205 | Pre-Release BTS 2006 CHM Help File - Here is a link to the BizTalk Server 2006 Beta help documentation (3/3/06 build) in a .chm file.  Please post any comments here relating specifically to the adapter documenatation so I can fix or modify it for our RTW release.  Thank you for your feedback! http://blogs.msdn.com/luke/archive/2006/02/03/524534.aspx...

855 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006 ODBC Adapter Available - The community-based BizTalk ODBC adapter has been updated for the upcoming BizTalk 2006 edition. It's got some cool features for you to check out. Nice work, Todd Van Nurden. ...

856 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006: Webcast Week - Prepare for a big week of webcasts beginning March 27. This week will feature technical sessions covering new features, scenarios, and many of our new Enterprise Application adapters. Details: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnbpi.mspx ...

857 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006: Webcast Week - Prepare for a big week of webcasts beginning March 27. This week will feature technical sessions covering new features, scenarios, and many of our new Enterprise Application adapters. Details: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnbpi.mspx ...

858 of 1205 | Getting the Physical (MAC) address of a Network Interface Card and finding out if it is the primary adapter on a multi-homed system - This article describes how to obtain a Network Interface Card's (NIC) Physical or Ethernet (MAC) address. It also shows how to identify if a network adapter is the primary adapter on a multi-homed system. If not, it shows how to find and get the primary adapter's IP and MAC addresses....

859 of 1205 | Problem when configuring WSS 2003 with SP2 to run on top of .Net Framework 1.1 and then upgrading to .Net Framework 2.0 - A few users have reported this configuration issue when trying to install and configure BizTalk 2006 with Windows SharePoint Services adapter. BizTalk 2006 native adapter for Windows SharePoint Services requires .Net Framework 2.0 but most of the users don't realize this until they try to configure the Windows SharePoint Services Adapter Web Service feature of BizTalk 2006. At that point, in many cases, Windows SharePoint Services has already been configured to run on top of .Net Framework 1.1 so the following error is visible in BizTalk configuration Web site is not configured to use .Net Framework 2.0 Changing the ASP.NET version on IIS site to be 2.0 instead of 1.1 causes Windows S......

860 of 1205 | Some musings on JCA (Java Connector Architecture) by Lucas Jellema - J2EE contains a plethora of API definitions. From the Servlet API to the EJB API, from JMX to JMS. One of the APIs that I have had very little exposure to is the JCA or J2EE Connector Architecture. I have seen it mentioned, not too frequently. Usually in conjunction with EIS (Enterprise Information System) and Integration. Clearly JCA has to do with connecting systems in a standardized way. So I decided to take a closer look - I felt a little left out. And you know, walking into a discussion of J2EE gurus and missing out on the acronyms does not do wonders for your self confidence.Post comment (0)...

861 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006: Favorite Features -   As we get ever closer to release, I thought I’d share with you some of my personal favorites in BizTalk Server 2006.  We hope you enjoy the product as much as we do!   # Feature Area 1 Host Throttling More sophisticated engine throttling in BizTalk Server 2006 prevents unrecoverable situations from occurring by closely monitoring many facets of the BizTalk runtime and adjusting processing accordingly. Plus, easily configurable throttling parameters exist on the host level allowing for tuning at the appropriate level of granularity. Core Engine 2 Admin MMC Console Our MMC console is now a one-stop-shop for all things “administration”.&......

862 of 1205 | “Completed with Discarded Message” and Sequential Convoy - At my client, we developed an orchestration that uses the Sequential Convoy pattern to handle message ordering and message reprocessing, in case of failures.  When a failure occurs, the original message is sent through an error reprocessing port to file location via the File Adapter and the orchestration enters a “Suspended” state.  When a message is received that is associated with an orchestration instance in an active convoy and that orchestration is in the “Suspended” state, the message is sent to another file location.  This pattern maintains message ordering when recovering from failures.   The problem was that on occasion orchestration instances were ending up i......

863 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 - Microsoft ha liberado la version Beta 2 de BizTalk Server 2006, y con el una serie de nuevos adaptadores para esta versió.  Esta nueva versión la puedes bajar desde http://beta.microsoft.com si eres un usuario del programa beta, de no ser asi puede visitar el sitio http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/evaluation/bts2006beta.mspx y seguir los pasos descritos en la pagina para poderlo bajar. Adicionalmente, una nueva versión de MOM para BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 estará disponible muy pronto. ************************************************************************************************* Microsoft has release BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2, this new version can be download from BizTalk ......

864 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006: Favorite Features -   As we get ever closer to release, I thought I’d share with you some of my personal favorites in BizTalk Server 2006.  We hope you enjoy the product as much as we do!   # Feature Area 1 Host Throttling More sophisticated engine throttling in BizTalk Server 2006 prevents unrecoverable situations from occurring by closely monitoring many facets of the BizTalk runtime and adjusting processing accordingly. Plus, easily configurable throttling parameters exist on the host level allowing for tuning at the appropriate level of granularity. Core Engine 2 Admin MMC Console Our MMC console is now a one-stop-shop for all things “administration”.&......

865 of 1205 | March is BizTalk Webcast Month - So March is apparently "BizTalk Webcast Month" in celebration of the upcoming BizTalk 2006 release. I actually signed up to deliver one of the webcasts, so I clearly expect that session to be the most popular one. Some highlights: significant LOB adapter coverage, a webcast (JD Edwards Adapter) by SoCal virtual TS Jay Lee, and a month-closing webcast on performance by the great Jeff Nordlund. BizTalk Adapter Spotlight: SAP BizTalk Adapter Spotlight: JD Edwards Using the BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT Discover What’s New in Biztalk Server 2006: New Management Capabilities What’s New in the BizTalk Server 2006 Messaging Engine (delivered by me!) E......

866 of 1205 | New Features in BizTalk 2006 - Today I did a short research on the new features of BizTalk 2006 with the help of www.microsoft.com:   Improved Setup Process (simplified for beginners – “single account installation”, more flexible for advanced users – “server farm installation”) Seamless Upgrade installation from BT 2004 to 2006 possible BizTalk Application Concept: Logical container in Administration for all objects regarding a BizTalk solution BizTalk Application Packaging: One msi file for a whole BizTalk solution Enhanced Admin Console (create messaging components, …) New health monitoring tool: Better overview of running orchestrations at a glance Enhanced BAM ......

867 of 1205 | MySQL 5 and CFMX 7 - I had finally the change to use MySQL 5 for a new project the other day with cfmx 7. What I totally forgot is to download the JDBC driver to let it work with CFMX 7. If you want to use MySQL 5 on Coldfusion 7, take a look at this TechNote http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_19170. The steps I took to let it work on a windows box with a multi server (JRun) config Downloaded the Connector/J 3.1.12 from MySQL.com Unzipped the zipped file Copied the .jar file to the cf instance I wanted to use it ( [ instance webroot ] /WEB-INF/lib )...

868 of 1205 | Unable to register Premiere Global Services telephony adaptor - (TechNote) When trying register the telephony adaptor via webservices on a Licensed Breeze 5.0 server, the browser returns a "no-access" error....

869 of 1205 | Components of a Design Time Adapter - Here is some content I am publishing on static vs dynamic design time adapters. There seems to be some confusion on documentation I have seen with respect to what exactly are we referring to when we mention "static" and "dynamic" in the context of design time.  Maybe this will help somoe folks understand better - I felt it was to the point and useful. I also am solicting feedback on existing documenation from anyone who has struggled trying to understand this simple differentiation that is often somewhat confusing how it is written. How can we make this better for you?  Thank you! --------------------------------------------- Components of a Design Time Adapter An adapter con......

870 of 1205 | Components of a Design Time Adapter - Here is some content I am publishing on static vs dynamic design time adapters. There seems to be some confusion on documentation I have seen with respect to what exactly are we referring to when we mention "static" and "dynamic" in the context of design time.  Maybe this will help somoe folks understand better - I felt it was to the point and useful. I also am solicting feedback on existing documenation from anyone who has struggled trying to understand this simple differentiation that is often somewhat confusing how it is written. How can we make this better for you?  Thank you! --------------------------------------------- Components of a Design Time Adapter An adapter con......

871 of 1205 | Creating a WebDav to RSS adapter - How to develop a handler that reads Exchange WebDAV folders and returns RSS...

872 of 1205 | Webserver connector hangs while trying to configure remote ColdFusion MX/JRun server - (TechNote) The web server configuration tool, wsconfig, may appear to hang while trying to configure a remote ColdFusion MX or JRun server....

873 of 1205 | Webserver connector hangs while trying to configure remote ColdFusion MX/JRun server - (TechNote) The web server configuration tool, wsconfig, may appear to hang while trying to configure a remote ColdFusion MX or JRun server....

874 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2004: Performance Tuning for Low Latency Messaging - Understand performance tuning for low latency messaging. See how to achieve the lowest latency possible for a messaging-only scenario using the HTTP adapter for sending and receiving....

875 of 1205 | I'll be not responsive on this blog for a while... - I left BizTalk team, and I am very busy in the new one inside Windows Server, so I am likely to be unresponsive on this blog. Please, keep it in mind. If you ask a question about BizTalk or MSMQ, I will forward it to whoever will own appropriate piece, but I cannnot promise that they will be able to answer. In fact I am considering giving ownership of this blog altogether to the current owners of MSMQ adapters in BizTalk....

876 of 1205 | I'll be not responsive on this blog for a while... - I left BizTalk team, and I am very busy in the new one inside Windows Server, so I am likely to be unresponsive on this blog. Please, keep it in mind. If you ask a question about BizTalk or MSMQ, I will forward it to whoever will own appropriate piece, but I cannnot promise that they will be able to answer. In fact I am considering giving ownership of this blog altogether to the current owners of MSMQ adapters in BizTalk....

877 of 1205 | Q from the mail: - I have a problem with the application that I'm developing, and I think that the approach described on your post might help me. You talk about several differences between the Large API, and the normal API of the message queue. The Large API is documented, if yes do can you send me a link to it, if it is available of course ? Yes, see BizTalk docs on MSMQT adapter. It's actually very simple and almost identical to MSMQ API. Also, there is the sample in SDK. One last question, if I understant what I've read when using this API the limit is the physical memory of the machine that is sending the messages ? That's correct, but realize that memory is also used by other programs and OS, so......

878 of 1205 | Q from the mail: - I have a problem with the application that I'm developing, and I think that the approach described on your post might help me. You talk about several differences between the Large API, and the normal API of the message queue. The Large API is documented, if yes do can you send me a link to it, if it is available of course ? Yes, see BizTalk docs on MSMQT adapter. It's actually very simple and almost identical to MSMQ API. Also, there is the sample in SDK. One last question, if I understant what I've read when using this API the limit is the physical memory of the machine that is sending the messages ? That's correct, but realize that memory is also used by other programs and OS, so......

879 of 1205 | So it's official it is "Office 2007" - The part that I have been itching to talk about...  Is the unveiling of Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer. Yeah I know I've talked about Expression Web Developer (EWD) quite a bit now... but what I haven't done is compare EWD to Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. For those of you that have been enrolled in the early beta of Office you will have noticed a mix between the use of the term Frontpage and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. This is because Frontpage is being replaced! Both EWD and SharePoint Designer share a core code base that is based on FrontPage but IMHO improves the experience ten-fold! I have been experime......

880 of 1205 | Gotcha When Programatically Sending Email to BizTalk - So here's an obscure one, but odds are it'll help some poor sap a year from now. I was programmatically sending an email message (plus attachment) to a mailbox polled by a BizTalk POP3 receive adapter. I was able to process it fine, and read all the necessary context information from inside an orchestration using an expression such as ... MessageSubject = Message_1(POP3.Subject); Nothing too fancy there. However, I should also be able to get information about the attachment itself, which wasn't coming through. For instance, I wanted to get the actual name of the file attached, and should be able to access it by doing this ... MessageFileName = Message_1.Attach(MIME.FileName);......

881 of 1205 | Great ASP.NET 2.0 Site Navigation Tutorial Series - Scott Mitchell has written a really great tutorial series on the new ASP.NET 2.0 Site Navigation system and features.  He recently published Part 3 of the series, which discusses the "SecurityTrimming" feature new to ASP.NET 2.0 that allows you to automatically show/hide nodes within the site navigation hierarchy based on the current Authentication and Role status of an incoming user (for example: you could hide portions of a menu automatically if the current user isn't in an "Admin" role). Part 4 of the series talks about building a custom site map provider.  In case you missed my post from last-month, you might also want to check out Jeff Prosise's cool new SQL Site Map Pr......

882 of 1205 | News: PocketParty V2 speakers fit dock connector iPods - The PocketParty V2 is a "micro speaker system" for all dock connector iPods....

883 of 1205 | Validate XML using RELAX NG and JAXP 1.3 - RELAX NG is a schema language for XML. It allows you to describe a structure of XML in a way much easier to read/write than W3C XML Schema, and it can be useful both for humans (to understand what XML is OK) and for programs (to mechanically determine if an XML is OK or not.) Historically many good RELAX NG validators, like MSV or Jing, has been available through another validation API called JARV, which predates JAXP 1.3. But since now JAXP 1.3 is available widely (in particular it's in J2SE 5.0), it would be really nice if one can use them through JAXP 1.3 validation API. So I wrote a little adapter layer so that I can use validators written for JARV through JAXP 1.3. Post comment (1)...

884 of 1205 | Presentation -> Using BizTalk 2006 - Short notice, but I am doing a presentation tomorrow (Thurs. Feb 9) at the Metro Toronto .Net Users Group.You can read more about it here:http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/231.aspx Demos will include dealing with binary documents (Word and Excel) in BizTalk 2006.The demos will also include:- The new Sharepoint and POP3 adapters for BizTalk 2006.- Parsing Excel documents to XML in BizTalk.- Integration of Sql Server 2005 Service Broker with BizTalk 2006.- Some of the new and improved features of BizTalk 2006.So if you are in the area, feel free to drop by....

885 of 1205 | Connecting ColdFusion MX 7 To 64-bit IIS 6 - First of all, no, ColdFusion is not yet supported on 64-bit Windows. And I don't have a date for when it will be. But, ColdFusion MX 7 can indeed run on 64-bit Windows (I have been doing so for a long time now). The trickier part is getting ColdFusion to talk to 64-bit IIS 6 (which by default only talks to 64-bit apps and connectors). A Microsoft document entitled Configuring IIS to Run 32-bit Applications on 64-bit Windows (IIS 6.0) explains that Windows Server 2003, SP1 enables IIS 6 to run 32-bit Web applications on 64-bit Windows using WOW64 (the...

886 of 1205 | Presentation -> Using BizTalk 2006 - Short notice, but I am doing a presentation tomorrow (Thurs. Feb 9) at the Metro Toronto .Net Users Group.You can read more about it here:http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/231.aspx Demos will include dealing with binary documents (Word and Excel) in BizTalk 2006.The demos will also include:- The new Sharepoint and POP3 adapters for BizTalk 2006.- Parsing Excel documents to XML in BizTalk.- Integration of Sql Server 2005 Service Broker with BizTalk 2006.- Some of the new and improved features of BizTalk 2006.So if you are in the area, feel free to drop by....

887 of 1205 | iWay steps gently into ESB - iWay software is the Belkin of application adapters, those pieces of software that hook enterprise apps to middleware from the likes of BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sonic, and Sun.  As of today, iWay is joining the ranks of all those companies (Microsoft excepted) and announcing and shipping its own ESB, iWay Service Manager....

888 of 1205 | Joining Two Connect, Inc. - Jan 27th was my last day with IBM Global Services (India). I quit IBM, to join an american company (Two Connect, Inc.) as a Solution Architect. Two Connect is truely passionate about technology, having well known people like Javier Mariscal and Jesús Rodríguez onboard. Javier is the President of Two Connect, he has co-authored the best selling BizTalk book Integration Patterns (Patterns & Practices). Jesús is the Chief Software Architect of Two Connect, he won two awards at the recently held Microsoft Connected Systems Developer Competition for his Service Broker adapter for BizTalk Server. He is also a BizTalk MVP. I really look forward to learn a lot and also unleash my full poten......

889 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006 Whitepapers - If you haven't been to the BizTalk Server Web site recently, you should! We have posted several new whitepapers on BizTalk Server 2006. Here are some goodies you can find: BizTalk Server 2006 Adapter EnhancementsThis white paper discusses both the new built-in adapters and enhancements to the existing built-in adapters that will ship with BizTalk Server 2006.  BizTalk Server 2006 Application Deployment and ManagementThis white paper describes two new key features of BizTalk Server 2006—the capability to manage BizTalk artifacts as a single application, and the ability to monitor a group of artifacts through the use of the BizTalk Server Administration Console, which make......

890 of 1205 | BizTalk 2006 -> Example using the new POP3 and Sharepoint Adapters - Below is an example using the new POP3 and Sharepoint Adapters (Sharepoint Adapter now out of the box) for BizTalk 2006. This example demonstrates the following: 1) Processing binary documents in BizTalk.2) A method to process multiple attachments in an incoming mail message.3) Improvements to the Sharepoint Adapter. You can download the code at the end of this blog. The example goes something like this. A candidate is applying for a job. The candidates resume (Word) and an informational spreadsheet (Excel) are attached to an email message as below: The resume is in word format, and the excel spreadsheet is as below: The mail message with attachments is read by BizTalk server. Biz......

891 of 1205 | BizTalk 2006 -> Example using the new POP3 and Sharepoint Adapters - Below is an example using the new POP3 and Sharepoint Adapters (Sharepoint Adapter now out of the box) for BizTalk 2006. This example demonstrates the following: 1) Processing binary documents in BizTalk.2) A method to process multiple attachments in an incoming mail message.3) Improvements to the Sharepoint Adapter. You can download the code at the end of this blog. The example goes something like this. A candidate is applying for a job. The candidates resume (Word) and an informational spreadsheet (Excel) are attached to an email message as below: The resume is in word format, and the excel spreadsheet is as below: The mail message with attachments is read by BizTalk server. Biz......

892 of 1205 | BizTalk Server 2006 POP3 Adapter Usage - Spent a bit of time recently with the new POP3 adapter for BizTalk, and wanted to share some notes and screenshots. I currently have a BizTalk solution that I've built on a VM for use in customer demos. I decided to add a POP3 receive location to an existing port to see if I could use the same pipeline and architecture even when receiving email. So, first I added the new receive location ... Next, I configured the adapter. Few notes. The Apply MIME Decoding is great since you don't have to use a pipeline to split the message up into parts. Also, it throws a bunch of email-related fields into the context properties (see below for a screenshot). In my case, my attachme......

893 of 1205 | OT: Flex2, remote data access and the road ahead - So I have downloaded Flexbuilder 2.0 Beta 1 and - call me crazy - I want to now pull in some remote data in into my Flex app. I have CF running and I want to populate a datagrid with a recordset that my CFC. It's the same CFC that I usually use via Remoting in Flash. Question is, how do I actually go about it? Do I really need Enterprise Services, a CF Gateway adapter and what have you? The docs seem to suggest that only RPC is supported by the Flex framework, everything else requires Enterprise Services (ES)....

894 of 1205 | Adobe releases Flex 2.0 Beta 1 on Adobe labs - Flex 2.0 released a public Beta on Adobe Labs yesteraday. In addition to refreshing Flex Builder 2.0 and the Flex framework, this Beta also includes the Flex Enterprise Services (FES), which is the service piece of Flex 2. Along with this is the "ColdFusion/Flex Connectivity" beta, which includes two interesting pieces for ColdFusion developers 1. The Flash Remoting Update. This is an update to the Alpha released last year (formerly called "the CF Adapter") that allows you to use the new Flash Remoting functionality with Flex Builder 2.0 and CFMX. The sweet thing here is that you can map CFC...

895 of 1205 | News: Keyspan USB adapters, remotes add Intel Mac support - Keyspan has released beta software drivers for its USB serial adapters and remotes to add support for Intel-based Macs....

896 of 1205 | Review: Harman Kardon Drive+Play - iPod users that want to listen their music player while driving can turn to everything from FM transmitters to casette adapters. But Harman Kardon's Drive+Play takes that automobile integration one step further by letting you hardwire your iPod directly into a car's audio system. How does the Drive+Play perform? Jim Dalrymple takes it out for a test drive....

897 of 1205 | Using a SQL Adapter in BizTalk Server 2004 - This article is a how-to guide to using SQL Server adapters in BizTalk Server 2004. It'll show how to configure the ports, messages, and orchestrations to use this BizTalk resource....

898 of 1205 | Using SQL Adapter in Biztalk 2004 - This article is a how-to guide to SQL Server Adapter in Biztalk 2004. It'll show how to conigure the ports, messages and orchestrations to use this biztalk resource....

899 of 1205 | Bottle cap photography and other Swissmiss links - This nifty adapter can transform a soda bottle into a monopod (they say tripod but that means three legs, no?). A nice and tiny solution for when you need to take a night shot or self portrait. Found it via Swissmiss, a cool design-centric blog by Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss designer gone NYC. Also there: image transfer tutorials, cool fabric collages, scanned images from old books, and more catnip for designers. ...

900 of 1205 | BTS 2006 TAP: December FAQs - It's a long time in the making, but here are some more frequently asked questions from the TAP customers over the past few months.  Please join us in discussion and feedback on the private beta newsgroup.  Hope your New Year has been off to a good start! Regards,Doug Girard Note: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Question Response Area Can I use LoadGen against BizTalk Server 2006? Yes, you can.  Install LoadGen remotely and you can use it as a load generation client against your BizTalk receive servers. LoadGen What are the TTL settings used by LoadGen for MSMQ message creation? TTL settings are not expl......