BizTalk Development

Back from exile

Paul Wu — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:27:00 GMT

It has been awhile since I last blogged. I have been away working on a very interesting project for a financial services company. The project entailed building a service broker using BizTalk 2006 (not R2) with WCF to achieve better decoupling of service consumers and service providers....(read more)

BizTalk Deployment Error: Failed to update binding information. All orchestration ports must be bound and the host must be set.

Paul Wu — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:21:00 GMT

When deploying a BizTalk 2006 solution from Visual Studios, you may have encountered errors similar to this one: Error 6 Failed to update binding information. Could not enlist orchestration 'DataStream.SOL.ScaterServiceRequests,DataStream.SOL.Demo, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=806c67aab899168c'. Could not enlist orchestration 'DataStream.SOL.ScaterServiceRequests'. All orchestration ports must be bound and the host must be set....(read more)

Error: "Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer. Contact your administrator for more information."

Paul Wu — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:28:00 GMT

I was querying Search using SharePoint's object model when I encountered the following error message: "Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer. Contact your administrator for more information." ...(read more)

IE7 Crash when accessing MOSS 2007

Paul Wu — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:42:00 GMT

When you access a MOSS site and click on a feature that requires Office, you may get the following error that will crash IE7: The exception unknown software exception (0xc06d007f) occurred in the application at location 0x77e55e02. ...(read more)

Best Use of &&

Paul Wu — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:56:00 GMT

You may have to written code that checks if an object is null before you use it......(read more)

Code Snippet: CodeDOM expressions

Paul Wu — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:48:00 GMT

Knowing all the classes in the CodeDOM namespace isn't very useful unless one knows how to appy them. This blog entry will serve as a cheat sheet for the most commonly used expressions and statements. This page is a work in progress......(read more)

Bind 2 way RoleLink with a 1 way Send Port

Paul Wu — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:57:00 GMT

Your orchestration uses a 2 way RoleLink for delivery but a new trading partner will only accept orders via a one way port. What do you do?...(read more)

Automated Continuous Integration is Your Friend

Paul Wu — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:46:00 GMT

The other day, in discussing the virtues of automated continuous integration with a client, I came across a few excuses for not adapting the process. The argument goes like this: “We don’t have enough hardware resource for a build server.” “I am the sole developer so I don’t need it.” ...(read more)

BAM TPE Error: Failed to remove the tracking profile.

Paul Wu — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:57:00 GMT

The Tracking Profile Editor (TPE), allows the user to add or remove tracking profile without having access to the a .BTT file (not possible with bttdeploy.exe). ...(read more)

Code Snippet: Writing to the EventLog

Paul Wu — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:04:00 GMT

Here is a code snippet for writing information to the EventLog. This code will work in a BizTalk Expression Shape as well as in a .NET application. .....(read more)

Windows Denfender Error: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused Windows Defender Service to stop

Paul Wu — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:47:00 GMT

This morning I discovered my Windows Defender no longer worked. I was prompted with a non-intuitive error message: Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused Windows Defender Service to stop. To start the service, restart your computer or search Help and Support on how to start a service manually......(read more)

Dell PowerEdge SC1435 : Most Bang-for-the-Buck Quad Core Server

Paul Wu — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:16:00 GMT

I just ordered a Dell SC1435 and I must say that I am very impressed with how much computing power Dell packed into a diminutive 1U space......(read more)

Send an Acknowledgement Response without an Orchestration

Paul Wu — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:01:00 GMT

Here is how you can create a messaging based solution that sends an HTTP POST acknowledgement without involving an orchestration......(read more)

BAM Add-On Error: "XML does not conform to the BizTalk Server 2006 Bam Definition Schema"

Paul Wu — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:01:00 GMT

If you encounter the following error when trying to [Save] or [Export XML]: This XML does not conform to the BizTalk Server 2006 Bam Definition Schema. ...(read more)

DevConnection 2006 - Las Vegas

Paul Wu — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:34:00 GMT

The DevConnection conference in Las Vegas this week offers developers and IT professional alike great opportunities to learn the latest Microsoft technology offerings......(read more)

BAM Portal Pivot Table Error

Paul Wu — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:40:00 GMT

If you are accessing the BAM portal from a machine that doesn't have BizTalk installed, you may get the following error: The query could not be processed: Cannot connect to the server 'host'. The server is either not started or too busy. ...(read more)

BizTalk RulesEngine missing

Paul Wu — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:38:00 GMT

To see if you have BizTalk Rules Engine configured, bring up the "BizTalk Server Configuration" Tool and check under the "Business Rules Engine" node......(read more)

Security IsInRole

Paul Wu — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:25:00 GMT

Here is some code snippet to see if a user belongs to a certain security group. The code below will work with local group as well as AD groups:

Works in ASP.NET:

//Case Insensitive
bool t1 = Page.User.IsInRole("Everyone");

Works Everywhere:

//Case Sensitive
static bool IsInRole(string roleName)
{
   System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity id = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
   System.Security.Principal.IdentityReferenceCollection group = id.Groups;
   System.Security.Principal.IdentityReferenceCollection ntNames = group.Translate(typeof(System.Security.Principal.NTAccount));

   foreach (System.Security.Principal.IdentityReference ir in ntNames)
   {
      if (ir.Value.Substring(ir.Value.LastIndexOf(@"\") + 1) == roleName) return true;
   }
   return false;
}

Registry Access Permission

Paul Wu — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:24:00 GMT

If you are logging information to the EventLog and getting an access error, make sure you have the following registry setting......(read more)

Visual Source Safe Tips - Pinning

Paul Wu — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:43:00 GMT

Despite its flaws and bugs, Visual Source Safe continues to be the most popular source control program in the Microsoft realm. Many poeple I talk to are not aware some of its more useful functions such as "Pinning". Understanding the use of pinning can be very useful in a multi-developer environment......(read more)

Schema design for Web Service

Paul Wu — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:52:00 GMT

When declaring complex types in XML schema definition, I have grown accustomed to suffix the type name with "_Type". This allows me to easily distinguish a complex type from a global type when viewing the definition in a graphical design tool such as XML Spy. However, it has unintended consequences when incorporating such schema into a web service......(read more)

Windows SDK for .NET Framework 3.0 RC1 is out!

admin — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:08:00 GMT

Like many of you, I was very anxious to try out the .NET 3.0 Release Candidate bits (click here to download). However, for some reason I had trouble installing the bits. After many unsuccessful attempts, I finally decided to read the readme file (Yes, I do occasionally stop and ask for directions). I disabled my virus scanner as suggested by the readme file and sure enough, the installer finished without a complaint. If you install the framework, you'll also want to install these... ...(read more)

BizTalk 2006 Troubleshooting Guide

Paul Wu — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:15:00 GMT

The BizTalk server team has released a voluminous document (133 pages) on troubleshooting BizTalk. Everyone that works with BizTalk should read it. ...(read more)

BRE XML Facts Schema Location Trick

Paul Wu — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:31:00 GMT

When using XML as your Fact and your Schema resides on a local drive, you may run into problems when moving between environments (Dev, Stage, Prod) as the BRE may have difficulty locating these schemas unless you... ...(read more)

Pipeline Mapping Order

Paul Wu — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:37:00 GMT

Remember, when you apply maps in a receive port; the maps are applied after the pipeline process. On the way out, the direction is opposite....(read more)