Sending an HTML Email without an Orchestration

Nabeel Prior — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:17 GMT

There is plenty of information on the Net relating to being able to send an HTML email from BizTalk using a dynamic SMTP port and an orchestration (see here and here ). At a client I needed to achieve the same objective, but without the use of an...(read more)

Prodigal BizTalk Scheduled Task Adapter returns

Nabeel Prior — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:13:48 GMT

After a lengthy absence from the BizTalk Community, the BizTalk Scheduled Task Adapter is once again available. Greg Forsythe has kindly made it available at http://www.codeplex.com/BizTalkScheduledTask, together with the source code for this adapter.

For those who are not aware of this adapter: through the use of this adapter on a receive location you are able to schedule the creation of a message into the BizTalk message box, which can then be used to start a BizTalk process. The scheduling options are flexible, allowing for a daily, weekly or monthly schedule to be created. Configuration of the adapter provides for a selection of three standard tasks to take place once the scheduled time is reached:

XmlString - generates a Biztalk message from a configured Xml string
FileReader - generates a Biztalk message from the contents of a file
HttpDownload - generates a Biztalk message from data downloaded from a web site

In addition to the standard tasks, custom tasks can also be created by creating any .NET class that implements the appropriate interface.

BizTalk lessons from the field : Adapters

Sending an HTML Email without an Orchestration

Prodigal BizTalk Scheduled Task Adapter returns