I am trying to POST a firstname and lastname fields to a page from BizTalk t
o
a URL that could be sitting on any kind of server - be it Apache. That means
,
we have
no control over the logic of this page at all. All I can do is post a
message and it should hopefully process it correctly if all goes well. So,
what I'm trying to achieve is on how to create this POST message in a manner
that the HTTP Adapter sends it in the correct format.

For now, I have a file pick-up location that picks up the body of the
message as a pass-thru flat file and sends it off to this URL location, but
it fails even when I have the Content-type as
'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' in the Send Port
configuration. I had read a blog that explanined that we might need to setup
the body of the message using the HTTPUtility which I haven't gotten a
chance dig deeper.

So, my question is how can we POST a message to a URL location that accepts
the message and processes the fields without us having any control on the
logic of the webpage?

I would really appreciate your help.

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I have an assembly that allows you to send or receive Html form
posts.
It consists of a two schema, two pipelines and two maps.
To send an Html form post
Create a HTTP send port with
Url = Form Action Url location
ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Pipeline = HtmlForm.SendForm
Outbound Map = HtmlForm.MaptoHtmlForm

Send a file using the HtmlForm.XmlForm schema
<form xmlns="http://HtmlForm.AnyForm">
<field1>value1</field1>
<field2>value2</field2>
</form>

Send me an email if you would like this assembly, I am unable to attach it.

Greg

"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to POST a firstname and lastname fields to a page from BizTalk
>to
> a URL that could be sitting on any kind of server - be it Apache. That
> means,
> we have
> no control over the logic of this page at all. All I can do is post a
> message and it should hopefully process it correctly if all goes well. So,
> what I'm trying to achieve is on how to create this POST message in a
> manner
> that the HTTP Adapter sends it in the correct format.
>
> For now, I have a file pick-up location that picks up the body of the
> message as a pass-thru flat file and sends it off to this URL location,
> but
> it fails even when I have the Content-type as
> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' in the Send Port
> configuration. I had read a blog that explanined that we might need to
> setup
> the body of the message using the HTTPUtility which I haven't gotten a
> chance dig deeper.
>
> So, my question is how can we POST a message to a URL location that
> accepts
> the message and processes the fields without us having any control on the
> logic of the webpage?
>
> I would really appreciate your help.
>

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Hi Greg:

Thanks for your help. From your solution, what I understand is that you
basically take care of the trasnformation from input XML message to the html
form and use a custome pipeline that does the Flat File parsing into the HTM
L
format before sending it out to the URL. Is that right? I'd be interested in
peeking at your solution.

Thanks.

"Greg Forsythe" wrote:

> I have an assembly that allows you to send or receive Html form
> posts.
> It consists of a two schema, two pipelines and two maps.
> To send an Html form post
> Create a HTTP send port with
>     Url = Form Action Url location
>     ContentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded
>     Pipeline = HtmlForm.SendForm
>     Outbound Map = HtmlForm.MaptoHtmlForm
>
> Send a file using the HtmlForm.XmlForm schema
> <form xmlns="http://HtmlForm.AnyForm">
>     <field1>value1</field1>
>     <field2>value2</field2>
> </form>
>
> Send me an email if you would like this assembly, I am unable to attach it
.
>
> Greg
>
> "Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ED87E437-0F69-4568-BD5F-AF3F4BF596AF@microsoft.com... 
>
>
>

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Basically yes, except the Html form post does not send HTML
The format is a flat file:
e.g. Field1=Value1&Field2=Value2&Field3=Value3&Submit=Send
All the values must be Url encoded

I can provide the source if you can reply directly to my email. It is too
big to post on the newsgroup and I have yet to upload it to GotDotNet

Greg




"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Greg:
>
> Thanks for your help. From your solution, what I understand is that you
> basically take care of the trasnformation from input XML message to the
> html
> form and use a custome pipeline that does the Flat File parsing into the
> HTML
> format before sending it out to the URL. Is that right? I'd be interested
> in
> peeking at your solution.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Greg Forsythe" wrote:
> 

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