I'm trying to figure out how to read a message written to a queue by BizTalk
.
I can not figure out the format to use.

In Biztalk 2002, you would use ActiveXFormatter.  I've tried this with 2004
and the message is unreadable.

Same question for the inverse, what format to use from an application
writing to a queue that BizTalk would pick up.

Anybody got this to work?

Thanks,
drew

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Drew,
> I'm trying to figure out how to read a message written to a queue by
> BizTalk.
> I can not figure out the format to use.
>
> In Biztalk 2002, you would use ActiveXFormatter.  I've tried this with
> 2004
> and the message is unreadable.
>
> Same question for the inverse, what format to use from an application
> writing to a queue that BizTalk would pick up.
>
> Anybody got this to work?

You'll need to use an StreamReader created on top of the message's
BodyStream property ( you don't need a formatter for this), or just read
from the stream itself directly.

The trick here usually is knowing the encoding the message was sent in,
which is controlled by how the send pipeline was configured (if you use the
default I believe it uses utf-8, I believe, but I don't remember for sure).


--
Tomas Restrepo
tomasr@mvps.org
http://www.winterdom.com/

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Sorry for the delay in my response, I've been testing this out on the invers
e
side.

What about writing to the queue for BizTalk to pick up, should you use the
activeXformatter or not?
I've used both with the XMLTransmit pipeline, and neither work.  Do you have
to write a custom pipeline, and if so what would be in it?


"Tomas Restrepo (MVP)" wrote:

> Drew, 
>
> You'll need to use an StreamReader created on top of the message's
> BodyStream property ( you don't need a formatter for this), or just read
> from the stream itself directly.
>
> The trick here usually is knowing the encoding the message was sent in,
> which is controlled by how the send pipeline was configured (if you use th
e
> default I believe it uses utf-8, I believe, but I don't remember for sure)
.
>
>
> --
> Tomas Restrepo
> tomasr@mvps.org
> http://www.winterdom.com/
>
>
>

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Disregard, I found the answer in a previous post.

I used the bodystream instead of writing to the body.

Thanks,
Drew

"Drew" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Sorry for the delay in my response, I've been testing this out on the inve
rse
> side.
>
> What about writing to the queue for BizTalk to pick up, should you use the
> activeXformatter or not?
> I've used both with the XMLTransmit pipeline, and neither work.  Do you ha
ve
> to write a custom pipeline, and if so what would be in it?
>
>
> "Tomas Restrepo (MVP)" wrote:
> 

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