Enterprise Library 2.0 was released early this year. The library consists of several application blocks for so called enterprise level applications; logging, data access, security, configuration, exception handling, and so on. BizTalk Server 2006 provides...

When I installed Windows SDK to test Indigo stuff, I found another toy named Powershell. Powershell is the new name of MSH code named Monad . It is a shell or command interpreter based on .NET framework. I thought the cmd.exe shell is too simple for practical...

Hello, this is the first time of my blogging. I'm interested in every aspect of the software development and every kind of technology as well. The most attracting technologies are .NET and BizTalk related matters. And I’m also interested in good programming...

Have you heard of Consolas ? Consolas has intentionally been developed for programmer’s needs and it will be bundled with Windows Vista. Many people seem to love it, but I think it isn’t allowed to distribute it themselves. I copied the font from the...

I read a great article titled " Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern " written by Martin Fowler. But, as for me the interface injection pattern was a little confusing. I wrote a sample code in C# based on his article, but...

I created a script named s.ps1 to define a function named s1. # s.ps1 function s1 { // } But, after I run this script, the s1 function is not available in the global scope like: .\S.ps1 S1 s1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable...

I’ve made several speeches about BizTalk Server already. During the presentation, I often felt that the attendees were interested in the product. But, after then, to be honest I got several feedbacks that it isn’t easy to start. I have to make a speeches...

I struggled for the reason why CSC.EXE results in an assembly differently from VS IDE, because VS IDE generates an assembly of 20KB while CSC.exe compiles it in 8KB with the same source code. I checked the compiler options for the two compilers, but I...

Introduction One of the cool features of MVC 4 Tool Update for Visual Studio 2012.2 is the MVC custom template support. This was possible before as in described here , but it required to edit registry to make the custom templates appear in the MVC...

$args is a special variable, an array of all arguments passed to a function on the command line. But, $args is always treated as an array in PowerShell. And It may cause an interesting side effect when passing $args to a downstream function. Suppose we...

I think there will be no engine changes in R2, but this product refresh will include a number of interesting features and enhancements. For example, R2 adds EDI, RFID, WCF and WF BAM Interceptors, the WCF adapter and supports the R2 Adapter Framework...

For me, it was not apparent to create multiple dimensional or jagged arrays in Powershell. I tried the following command, but it only made a single dimensional array: $b = ((‘a’,’a’)) $b.Count 2 Bruce Payette gave me the answers for this basic...

I attended a customer awareness workshop last week, and one of the feedbacks from customers is about how to send the feedbacks about the BizTalk Server documentations. Each topic of the online or offline documentations has the following table at the bottom...

I think the BizUnit is a must tool for BizTalk developers. But, as for me, it isn’t easy to memorize the syntax for the steps. I had to switch back and forth between a working solution and the BizUnit sample solution to copy and paste the XML nodes. So...

Originally BizTalk Server 2004 has the limitation of adding new EDI schemas. However SP1 now allows to add new schemas and the KB article 840113 describes how to implement EDI schemas for BizTalk. I had implemented new EDI schemas with the KB article...

I’ve always heard from customers and partners that Adapters and Pipeline interfaces of BizTalk Server aren’t well organized, and they seem to be COM API, not .NET API. For example, they usually use interface, not inheritance even when inheritance seems...

10 more BizTalk samples are live in the MSDN Web site . I wrote four of them as follows: 1) BAM and HAT Correlation This sample demonstrates how to use the enhanced BAM features, and how to customize BAM and HAT integration. This sample also includes...

I created a logman setting file as follows: typeperf -q | where { $_ -like "\Phy*" } | foreach { '"' + $_.Trim() + '"' } > counter.txt But, logman raised an error reading “Invalid counter path” when I tried to update a counter data collection with...

When developing the BizTalk adapter’s runtime component, it is required to implement IPersistPropertyBag interface and its Load method. Through the IPropertyBag parameter of the method, the messaging engine passes the adapter’s handler properties to the...

A customer asked a question about the installation problem of BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business Suite. The reason was that the BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business Suite can’t be installed with SAP .NET Connector 2.0. You have to use SAP .NET...

This MOC style lab is the first one of the series of labs that I’ll write about how to develop the BizTalk adapters. Especially, this one will show you how to develop Dynamic Application Adapter Design Time Component in C#. The purpose of this lab isn...

This MOC style lab is the first one of the series of labs that I’ll write about how to develop the BizTalk adapters. Especially, this one will show you how to develop Dynamic Application Adapter Design Time Component in C#. The purpose of this lab isn...

There is a small problem in DotNetFile Adapter in BizTalk Server 2004 SDK. You could find it when you change any receive handler property of the adapter by BizTalk Administration tool. After the modification of the value, you would encounter an error...

The other day, a partner asked me the relationship between GetServiceDescription and GetServiceOrganization methods in IStaticAdapterConfig interface. The help documentation isn’t in detail enough to understand it. At first, the static adapter design...

When you create a BizTalk project as a part of the Enterprise Template of Visual Studio .NET 2003, an additional .(dot) would follow the project name which you input. For example, if you enter the “Project1” as the BizTalk project name, the generated...