Eric’s BizTalk 2004/2006 Blog

My BizTalk Experiences using Flat Files, InfoPath, BAM, BRE, BAS, HL7, HIPAA, WSS.

June 27, 2006

MLLP Send Test Tool

Filed under: BizTalk, HL7 — eric @ 12:27 am

I am not sure if you are as lazy as I am, but I have really gotten tired of typing all of the command line parameters to test a file using the MLLP adapter.
I finally got off my lazy arse, and created a shortcut.
1. I went into the enviornment properties of My Computer and added the {path}HL7\SDK\Utilities\ to the Path, so I did not have to specify the path to the mllpsend.exe
2. I created a batch file (submit.cmd) that is simply two lines:
mllpsend /SB 11 /EB 28 /CR 13 /twoway /f %1
pause
3. I then went to Tool -> Folder Options -> File Types and found .TXT files and clicked on Advanced
4. Added an item called mllpsend and the application used to perform is “{path}\submit.cmd” “%1″

Now every time I right click a .txt file I have the ability to send it to the MLLP adapter.

Hope that this helps you as much as it does me!

June 13, 2006

BizTalk and DTC

Filed under: BizTalk — eric @ 7:07 am

When running non-atomic scoped database transactions across your network, getting schemas from the wizard does not seem to exploit this little known fact. You need to make sure that DTC is enabled on both the BizTalk machine(s) and the database you are connected to.

Objects to check for:

  • In Component Services (Administration Tools) right click My Computer, on the MSDTC tab, click on Security Configuration Tabl and Allow Inbound and Outbound Communication.
  • In Windows Components (Add/Remove Programs) click details of Application Server make sure that Enable network DTC access is checked.