WCF LOB

51 of 88 | Step by Step to add new WCF LOB Adapter to your .Net Solution - Background: After we downloaded WCF LOB Adapter SDK and read my previous post. You will find all the customization options and Installation Guide for the WCF LOB Adapter SDK in this linkhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/d/90d3fc09-de48-4d83-8147-e8a08275c255/InstallationGuide.htm ·         Select all (Runtime, Tools and Samples) Installation Results: you will find a new kind of projects in your Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005 called “WCF LOB Adapter” Now, let’s start: 1-      From Microsoft Visual Studio, select New Project and on Visual C# Projects choose WCF LOB Adapter from visual studio installed templates ......

52 of 88 | Introduction to WCF LOB Adapter SDK - What is WCF LOB Adapter SDK? The WCF LOB Adapter SDK is targeted at developers that are interested in exposing their line-of-business (LOB) systems for integration purposes to any .NET integration broker/integration application. For purposes of this discussion a LOB system may be defined as a metadata rich back end systems whose functionality is too rich and dynamic to be captured in traditional static Web Service Description Language (WSDL) contracts. This SDK enables development of metadata driven, host-agnostic adapters i.e. independent of consuming app, which helps you avoid duplication of effort in writing adapters   How does WCF LOB Adapter differ from a WCF Service?......

53 of 88 | Moving on ... - As we have shipped the V1 of WCF LOB Adapter SDK, I am now moving onto a new project. I hope this blog was useful for the subset of developers who are interested in developing WCF-based adapters. If there are any specific question, I will be happy to...(read more)...

54 of 88 | Using WCF LOB Adapters with the Neuron ESB - WCF LOB Adapters are a new technology for integration with back-end systems and applications. WCF LOB adapters will supersede the BizTalk Adapter Framework. If you're running an ESB powered by Neuron, you can use these adapters too. Here's how to configure your bus to talk to a back end system using a WCF LOB adapter. Step 1: Add a New Binding Step 1 is to define a new binding to Neuron. A WCF LOB adapter is exposed to consumers as a new transport binding. Launch the ESB Explorer, go to the Services > Bindings area, and click New to add a new binding. Click the Browse button and navigate to the WFC LOB adapter assembly you want to support. The ESB Explorer will automaica......

55 of 88 | Do we need to GAC the adapter assembly? - We have created a projected based on WCF LOB Adapter SDK. So just want to understand, do we really need to GAC the adapter project assembly? Also, if the adapter is using third party assemblies, is it really required to GAC them as well? For example,...(read more)...

56 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK is now generally available for download . . . -   Microsoft announce the release of WCF LOB Adapter SDK.  Here are some of the related links: WCF LOB Adapter SDK Technology Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK Download Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK MSDN Forum BizTalk Server Roadmap Building Custom WCF Channels While the team is working on providing the official documentation, see some of the following posts to learn more about WCF LOB Adapter SDK. About WCF LOB Adapter SDK Basic Q & A Adapter usage patterns WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model Using adapter code generation wizard Consuming WCF LOB Adapter in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Consuming WCF LOB Adapter in custom .NET applications How to browse/search me......

57 of 88 | How the WCF LOB Adapter SDK works with IChannelFactory and IChannelListener - Q. It seems WCF LOB adapters works different from normal WCF service as there is no WCF Service hosted. Do we only use channelfactory to create custom channel for send wcf message to LOB without channellisterner? I just wonder how WCF LOB adapter run time works behind scene. WCF Service is hosted using a class called ServiceHost.  The ServiceHost encapsulates the functionality regarding bindings, channels, dispatchers and listeners.  WCF LOB Adapter is surfaced to the consumer as a WCF Binding, where the binding is used to create the channel stack. This binding can be considered a peer to other predefined WCF bindings such as BasicHttpBinding, WsHttpBinding, NetTcpBinding, etc ......

58 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK Download - WCF LOB Adapter SDK is now generally available for download . . . We are pleased to announce the release of WCF LOB Adapter SDK.  Here are some of the related links: WCF LOB Adapter SDK Technology Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK Download Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK MSDN Forum BizTalk Server Roadmap Building Custom WCF Channels While the team is working on providing the official documentation, see some of the following posts to learn more about WCF LOB Adapter SDK. About WCF LOB Adapter SDK Basic Q & A Adapter usage patterns WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model Using adapter code generation wizard Consuming WCF LOB Adapter in BizTalk Serve......

59 of 88 | Bit more detail on how WCF LOB Adapter SDK works with WCF IChannelFactory and IChannelListener - Here is a response in relation to a question asked in this post . Q. It seems WCF LOB adapters works different from normal WCF service as there is no WCF Service hosted. Do we only use channelfactory to create custom channel for send wcf message to LOB...(read more)...

60 of 88 | WCF LOB adapters SDK is available for download - The WCF Line of Business adapters SDK has been released . Congratulations to Sonu Arora and the team....(read more)...

61 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK is now generally available for download . . . - We are pleased to announce the release of WCF LOB Adapter SDK. Here are some of the related links: WCF LOB Adapter SDK Technology Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK Download Site WCF LOB Adapter SDK MSDN Forum BizTalk Server Roadmap Building Custom WCF Channels...(read more)...

62 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK is Released -   We are delighted to announce the release of the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter SDK.   This SDK for Windows Communication Foundation provides the tools to quickly develop adapters to business applications.  Adapters built using this SDK can be consumed by any .NET application, including Microsoft’s BizTalk, SQL, and SharePoint Servers, and your own custom .NET applications. Regards, Marjan...

63 of 88 | QualifiedType accessor to XML Schema type mapping - This previous post shows how WCF LOB Adapter SDK metadata object model can be used to define metadata for operations and/or types so that the WCF contract (WSDL) can be generated from it. The ResolveOperationMetadata() / ResolveTypeMetadata() methods...(read more)...

64 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK Performance Counters - WCF LOB Adapter SDK provides the following built-in performance counters to help gauge performance of the adapter. You can view these performance counters in Performance Management Console (perfmon.msc). Select the performance object named "ServiceModel...(read more)...

65 of 88 | Declarative XML Parsing - Adapter Data Readers/Writers - Are you using adapter data reader / writer derived classes? WCF LOB Adapter SDK team had introduced adapter XML data readers/writers in Beta 2. Since an adapter developer, who is using WCF LOB Adapter SDK to build an adapter, is working with XML messages...(read more)...

66 of 88 | Intermediary Router - I got queries for potential of using WCF LOB Adapter SDK for developing a "forwarding service" or a "router" adapter. WCF LOB Adapter SDK is useful for communicating with target systems that have large and dynamic metadata. Even though the adapter is...(read more)...

67 of 88 | SharePoint BDC, WCF, adapters and more - I spent the last few weeks working with Joe Klug (BizTalk Server Product Manager) and other members of the Product team on a demo that shows SharePoint Business Data Catalog (BDC) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), specifically the WCF LOB Adapters...(...(read more)...

68 of 88 | Patterns for using BizTalk WCF Adapter - Have a look at the BizTalk Adapter Development Blog for some great usage patterns for the WCF LOB Adapter, Get it Here...

69 of 88 | Sample SQL Adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK - WCF LOB Adapter SDK 'RC' ships with two sample adapters - Contoso Adapter - uses a canned back-end defined using SQL Server 2005. Echo Adapter - a simple adapter that shows how to use WCF LOB Adapter SDK API and includes a usage pattern for inbound scenarios...(read more)...

70 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model - In this post, I will show how WCF LOB Adapter SDK relates to WCF Service Model and WCF Channel Model. WCF Service Model provides an intuitive programming model to create service-oriented interfaces. There is plethora of information available on WCF (aka...(read more)...

71 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model - In this post, I will show how WCF LOB Adapter SDK relates to WCF Service Model and WCF Channel Model.  WCF Service Model provides an intuitive programming model to create service-oriented interfaces.   There is plethora of information available on WCF (aka Indigo) now since its inception few years ago.   Typically when you are reading about WCF, the most common usage is using classes/interfaces/attributes in System.ServiceModel namespace.     WCF Channel Model can be used for development of custom protocol and transport channels to communicate with existing systems that expose its functions through proprietary network API.   The chann......

72 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter Usage Patterns - An adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK can be used in variety of topologies and scenarios. Follow your organization’s n-tier architecture principles and design patterns to determine where the adapter can fit best for your requirements. Usage Pattern...(read more)...

73 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter Usage Patterns - An adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK can be used in variety of topologies and scenarios.  Follow your organization’s n-tier architecture principles and design patterns to determine where the adapter can fit best for your requirements. Usage Pattern 1 – Consume adapter in a .NET managed application (Point-to-Point) Design Time: In Visual Studio 2005, use in project templates such as Windows Application, Class Library and Console Application.  1.1 Outbound At design-time, use Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-In to generate the WCF Client Proxy for use in the .NET application. 1.2 Inbound At design-time, use Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio P......

74 of 88 | Retrieving metadata from adapter developed using adapter SDK - See following posts for more information on this topic. How to: Browse/Search metadata from WCF LOB Adapter How to: Retrieve WSDL from WCF LOB Adapter...(read more)...

75 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK - Sonu Arora has a great post on what exactly the WCF LOB Adapter SDK does and how it relates (i.e. extends) the capabilities of the normal WCF channel and extensibility model. Her entire blog is worth checking out if you've been wondering just what the...(read more)...

76 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter RC is available now! - Hi, Microsoft has swiftly released WCF LOB Adapter Release Candidate yesterday. This WCF LOB Adapter RC contains SDK , which allows developers to build WCF Adapters integrating .net applications with existing applications and messaging platforms. Download...(read more)...

77 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK 'RC' is now available for public download - I haven't had many posts in last few days as we have been working on releasing first public beta 'Release Candidate' of WCF LOB Adapter SDK. Now some of you who did express interest in trying this SDK will be able to download it without having to sign...(read more)...

78 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK - Public RC.... grab it while it's hot - What a name....talk about the pinnacle of TLA's at the height of a great technology field. Can you imagine being at work/meetings etc. and say "Hold on, I've got to grab the WCF LOB Adapter SDK for my BTS Messaging Hub" (at this point I'm sure it would...(read more)...

79 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK Public 'RC' is now available for download! - We are delighted to announce the first public RC release of the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter SDK . Goal of this SDK is to create uniform, reusable and metadata-based service-oriented interfaces to existing systems and applications using WCF. It allows...(read more)...

80 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK Public 'RC' is now available for download! -   We are delighted to announce the first public RC release of the WCF Line-of-Business Adapter SDK.    Goal of this SDK is to create uniform, reusable and metadata-based service-oriented interfaces to existing systems and applications using WCF.   It allows adapter developers to build WCF-based adapters for integrating .NET applications with existing enterprise systems, databases and messaging platforms.   This SDK includes application programming interfaces, design-time tools, samples and documentation to surface line-of-business adapters as WCF Bindings.   The WCF-based adapters can be consumed like typical WCF services in the user applicat......

81 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter Usage Patterns - An adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK can be used in variety of topologies and scenarios. Follow your organization’s n-tier architecture principles and design patterns to determine where the adapter can fit best for your requirements. Usage Pattern...(read more)...

82 of 88 | WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model - In this post, I will show how WCF LOB Adapter SDK relates to WCF Service Model and WCF Channel Model. I have briefly talked about this topic in the following posts: · Where does a WCF LOB Adapter fit in the WCF Channel Stack? · Adapter as a WCF Binding...(read more)...

83 of 88 | Tale of two adapters -- BizTalk WCF Adapter and WCF LOB Adapter - The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship with a BizTalk WCF Adapter.  The BizTalk WCF Adapter is a bridge between BizTalk and WCF. It supports features such as: Feature   Description Consume metadata exposed by WCF services   At design-time, in a BizTalk Project, right-click, select Add > Add Generated Items > Consume WCF Service, click on Add to invoke BizTalk WCF Service Consuming Wizard.  This wizard will import schemas and BizTalk port binding info XML files into the BizTalk projects.  The port binding info XML files can be used to create properly configured send ports for communicating with WCF services.  ......

84 of 88 | Consume WCF Service Wizard generates port binding configuration files for import into BizTalk Server - Scenario: You have already designed, implemented and hosted a WCF Service. Now, you would like to send (and get) messages to this WCF Service in a BizTalk Orchestration process.  BizTalk communicates with WCF applications via BizTalk WCF Adapter, which can be configured through send and receive ports in BizTalk.  This post talks about how BizTalk’s Consume WCF Wizard can be used to simplify the port creation process in BizTalk, especially the need of mapping the operation(s) with the SOAP Action(s) within the port to invoke the operation in WCF Service. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 now includes a BizTalk WCF Adapter to provide support for WS-* and transport neutrality by lett......

85 of 88 | WCF Adapter Content Forthcoming! - Thanks to my co-worker and good friend PM Sonu Arora, I will begin posting content on the WCF LOB Adapter SDK on this site. For more information on this SDK and very useful programming information, add a link to her blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/sonuarora/     The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Line-of-Business (LOB) Adapter SDK is a collection of runtime engine and tools to help Adapter Developers in creating service-oriented interfaces to existing LOB applications using WCF.  The goal of the WCF LOB Adapter SDK is to facilitate uniform development of reusable metadata-oriented WCF-based adapters that enable enterprise applications, databases......

86 of 88 | BizTalk 2006 R2 - Microsoft has introduced BizTalk 2006 R2. This product refresh includes a number of interesting features and enhancements to improve compatibility with Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Let’s have a look. · Microsoft EDI Solution for BizTalk 2006Microsoft’s EDI Solution for BizTalk adds full featured EDI capabilities to BizTalk 2006 with over 6000 schemas that include HIPAA, X12, and EDIFACT support.Microsoft is highly committed to the B2B space with a dedicated team focusing on B2B messaging solutions integrated with the BizTalk Architecture. This EDI solution joins a group of solutions delivered with BizTalk 2006 including HIPAA, HL7, SWIFT, RosettaNet, cXML, and xCBL.Microsoft’s g......

87 of 88 | BizTalk 2006 R2 - Microsoft has introduced BizTalk 2006 R2. This product refresh includes a number of interesting features and enhancements to improve compatibility with Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Let’s have a look. · Microsoft EDI Solution for BizTalk 2006Microsoft’s EDI Solution for BizTalk adds full featured EDI capabilities to BizTalk 2006 with over 6000 schemas that include HIPAA, X12, and EDIFACT support.Microsoft is highly committed to the B2B space with a dedicated team focusing on B2B messaging solutions integrated with the BizTalk Architecture. This EDI solution joins a group of solutions delivered with BizTalk 2006 including HIPAA, HL7, SWIFT, RosettaNet, cXML, and xCBL.Microsoft’s g......

88 of 88 | BizTalk 2006 R2 - Microsoft has introduced BizTalk 2006 R2. This product refresh includes a number of interesting features and enhancements to improve compatibility with Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Let’s have a look. · Microsoft EDI Solution for BizTalk 2006Microsoft’s EDI Solution for BizTalk adds full featured EDI capabilities to BizTalk 2006 with over 6000 schemas that include HIPAA, X12, and EDIFACT support.Microsoft is highly committed to the B2B space with a dedicated team focusing on B2B messaging solutions integrated with the BizTalk Architecture. This EDI solution joins a group of solutions delivered with BizTalk 2006 including HIPAA, HL7, SWIFT, RosettaNet, cXML, and xCBL.Microsoft’s g......