BizTalk Server Applications Integration - File Receive Function to Network Share FAILS

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File Receive Function to Network Share FAILS

Chris Cichocki

2004-02-09, 6:38 am

I need to monitor a Windows network folder for files, but
when I configure the File Receive Function to watch the
share, it disables itself... I know there's a spot to put
in a username and password and I've filled that in but it
doesn't seem to make it work. I've also set the BizTalk
Messaging Service to run under my account (instead of
System) thinking that may make a difference, but again no
luck. I have full permissions on the network share and
can do any type of file activity I want through Explorer.

I also need to monitor network shares on Unix, but I
figure Windows is the first thing to get working.

Is monitoring a network share just not supported or am I
missing something?

Thanks,
Chris

R.Balaji

2004-02-09, 9:35 pm

Hi,

You need to give the full URN in the polling location
like \\server1\share1\pollingFolder\

You should not use the mapped drive name in the polling location (like
k:\pollingFolder\)

What is the error message you get in your event log?

Regards,
R.Balaji

"Chris Cichocki" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I need to monitor a Windows network folder for files, but
> when I configure the File Receive Function to watch the
> share, it disables itself... I know there's a spot to put
> in a username and password and I've filled that in but it
> doesn't seem to make it work. I've also set the BizTalk
> Messaging Service to run under my account (instead of
> System) thinking that may make a difference, but again no
> luck. I have full permissions on the network share and
> can do any type of file activity I want through Explorer.
>
> I also need to monitor network shares on Unix, but I
> figure Windows is the first thing to get working.
>
> Is monitoring a network share just not supported or am I
> missing something?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

2004-02-11, 3:40 am

That was exactly the problem - I was using drive letters
instead of UNC mappings... I couldn't find any
documentation that explicitly state that, but it is
working. In fact, we're monitoring both Windows and UNIX
shares and both are working fine.

Thanks!
Chris

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>You need to give the full URN in the polling location
>like \\server1\share1\pollingFolder\
>
>You should not use the mapped drive name in the polling
location (like
>k:\pollingFolder\)
>
>What is the error message you get in your event log?
>
>Regards,
>R.Balaji
>
>
>"Chris Cichocki" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
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Stan Schnuerer

2004-04-15, 6:41 pm

Please excuse a beginner at this biztalk forum, but I found the topic of interest to me. I would like to activate an Access database update procedure whenever a certain file location on our network receives new files.

What are the chances of a complete beginner to the applications you are talking about (biztalk) learning how to accomplish the above task? Any resources you can refer me to? Am I looking at having to purchase some software?

Thanks,

Stan Schnuerer

Nick Malik

2004-04-16, 11:13 am

Biztalk is overkill if you just want to pick off a file for Access to
process. You can write your own directory watcher using VB.NET or C#.

See http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/M..._Filesystem.asp
Perhaps that article can get you started.

--- Nick

"Stan Schnuerer" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37008B8C-48EB-4DFC-9495-64B38311695E@microsoft.com...
> Please excuse a beginner at this biztalk forum, but I found the topic of
interest to me. I would like to activate an Access database update
procedure whenever a certain file location on our network receives new
files.
>
> What are the chances of a complete beginner to the applications you are
talking about (biztalk) learning how to accomplish the above task? Any
resources you can refer me to? Am I looking at having to purchase some
software?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stan Schnuerer

Stan Schnuerer

2004-04-18, 10:53 am

Nick,

Thanks, that looks promising and I'm sure I will learn a lot browsing that link.

While I was waiting though, I found another possible route using VBscript and WMI event monitoring capabilities.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s_overview.mspx

I have already tested out a code sample from there.

Thanks again.