$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...

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...

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...

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 got the following warning messages when building a BizTalk project. ------ Build started: Project: BizTalkApp, Configuration: Development .NET ------ Updating references... The dependency 'Microsoft.BizTalk.Tracing' could not be found. The dependency...

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 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...

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...

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 been very busy for last two months. During that time, I made a converting tool for BizTalk Base EDI Adapter. Originally, BizTalk Server 2004 had the limitation of adding new EDI schemas. However, BizTalk Server SP1 now allows to add new schemas....

Thank you again for attending the BizTalk MSDN seminar last weekend . There were about 200 attendees and you can fnd the picture on the event from here . As I said on the speech, I updated some additional resources for starting BizTalk server. As I said...

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...

This MOC style lab is the second 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 BizTalk In Process File Receive Adapter in C#. The purpose of this lab isn’t to provide...

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 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...

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...

Yesterday some customers told me that they were suffering from “Completed with discarded messages” in an orchestration using the sequential convoy. They asked me how to solve. I heard from other customer about the same issue last year. I think it is the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Visual Studio .NET provides the “add reference” dialog box, so we can reference them by clicking them. But, BizTalk Server 2004 installation doesn’t add the .NET assemblies to the “add reference” dialog box by default. So, we have to manually add several...

You can find an interesting article about code name WinOE from " WinOE Workflow Prepped For Whidbey, Longhorn, Office 12 In 2006 " . I have no idea of WinOE itself, but if it supports the current orchestration features as well as ad-hoc workflow in one...

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...