November 2004 - Posts

BizTalk 2004 Map, Getting Distinct Values using an Inline XSLT Call Template

Need to get a distinct list of items from an XML message. For example the XML message containing Order Items is as below: (Note: That the Order ids are not sorted) From the above message produce a distinct list of order ids such as below: The custom XSLT Read More...

Creating/Modifiying Schemas in BizTalk 2004. Quick Tip.

When BizTalk 2004 is installed on a developer machine, one of the many things that is installed is the BizTalk Editor. The BizTalk Editor is used to create and modify .xsd schemas in VS2003 that will eventually be used in a BizTalk process. The BizTalk Read More...

Constructing BizTalk 2004 XML Messages (In an Orchestration) - Choices

Before using a BizTalk XML message inside an Orchestration , it must first be constructed. In fact ,this is just populating the message with XML. If there is an attempt to use the message before it is constructed, the following error will appear when Read More...

BizTalk 2004 Map. Mapping two input messages into one output message , plus matching content from one message to another.

I have had the problem of having a message such as a Order message, being delivered as two separate messages. For example, the Order header Records delivered as one XML message, and then all the Order Items that belong to Order header Records delivered Read More...