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Can BizTalk Server be configured to deliver a BizTalk Framework message to a location specified in the BizTalk Framework envelope?
Apr 6th, 2005 21:23
Balaji Ramachandran, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/biztalk2000/deploy/btfaq.mspx
BizTalk Server can be configured to deliver a message to the location
specified in the header section of a BizTalk Framework envelope.
These are the requirements for implementing the handling of these types
of messages in BizTalk Server:
• Your outbound agreement must be an open destination agreement. In an
open destination agreement, BizTalk will expect the transport address
to be part of the data submission. For the purposes of handling these
types of message, the transport address will be extracted from the data
submitted to BizTalk Server.
• Your outbound agreement must specify an envelope type of custom XML.
The envelope used in the agreement will indicate to BizTalk Server how
it should handle this message. The custom XML type of the envelope will
let it know which serializer to invoke. This, in conjunction with the
third requirement, will render a BizTalk Framework envelope. (This step
is necessary only if you wish to deliver the data in a BizTalk
Framework envelope.)
• Your outbound agreement must specify an Organization Qualifier
of "BizTalk." To render a BizTalk Framework envelope, BizTalk will use
the specific "BizTalk" qualifier. This, in conjunction with the custom
XML envelope, will indicate to BizTalk Server which serializer to
invoke. (This step is necessary only if you wish to deliver the data in
a BizTalk Framework envelope.)
Note: There is currently an issue in the BizTalk Management Desk that
will not allow the user to specify which Organization Qualifier to use.
You can do this only by using the BizTalk Server Management Object
Model. Please see the OpenDestinationAgreement.vbs script for a sample
implementation.
• Your BizTalk Framework message should contain the <To> address in the
header of the message. The following is an example:
<biztalk_1 xmlns="urn:schemas-biztalk-org:biztalk:biztalk_1">
<header xmlns="urn:schemas-biztalk-org:biztalk:biztalk_1">
<delivery>
<from>
<address>http://www.btforg.com</address>
</from>
<to>
<address>http://localhost/testo/receiver.asp</address>
</to>
</delivery>
</header>
<body>
....
data
....
</body>
</biztalk_1>
BizTalk Server will use the <Address> tag in the <To> section to
determine where the data should be delivered. The example above
displays an HTTP address. The BizTalk Server 2000 Technology Preview
supports only HTTP and FILE. The upcoming beta release of BizTalk
Server will support other protocols.
