| JDeats 2004-03-24, 5:36 pm |
| Our company is looing into BizTalk Server to assist with a work flow
automation. I'm a bit suck on XLANG schedules and Biztalk
Orchestration. I understand how to create a process flow and compile
the XLANG schedule, the thing I'm unclear with is how to run the XLANG
schedule, from the documentation it appears you need a moniker to test
with, but from there it appears you have to build a COM+ Application
to start the process(?) This is where the information becomes hazy. It
makes since that COM components can exist as messaging ports, but why
must a COM+ application exist to start the process?
I'm expecting a utility that I can load my compiled XLANG schedules
into and have it monitor them (again I have a disconnect of why a
custom COM+ application must be built to assist in the instantiation
of my XLANG schedule) Also I can't find a template of how to build
this COM+ app in VB (or better yet C#).
After reading the Microsoft supplied documentation for BizTalk Server
2002, I'm conviced this is a rather unrefined application. It's server
product that doesn't appear ready for prime time as it requires
developer interventation and many levels, as opposed to high-level
utilities to take care of some of these process. Maybe I'm not getting
the big picture.
-Jeremy
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