XML Encoding question

 I have an xml file in utf8;

 is their a BT Tool taht will generate an xsd from the xml file? Will the xsd be utf-8 or utf-16?

I used visual studio to create my xsd, but it is utf-16, can I just change to utf-8?

Thanks in advance,

Michael
Houston, TX, USA (At least for now, Mexico in the future?)

 I don't believe you can change this, BizTalk will always convert to utf-16, if you change the schema.

Can I ask why you wish to change the character set of the Biztalk schema.

 Hi,

I was getting an error, indicating that BT could mnot fid the schema, so It htought the UTF-8 had something to do with it.

Thanks

Mike

 When did BizTalk complain about the missing file?

Are you using include or import in another schema?

Mike,

As per Greg's response, it is not possible to set the encoding of the schema used by BizTalk internally, however you can control the encoding of the output message, although there is a gotcha - see http://www.modhul.com/2008/04/03/xmlassembler-targetcharset-property-error-in-biztalk-2006-2006-r2/ for more information.

Is your schema error in Visual Studio when you try and open the schema or at runtime in the Event Log?

Rgds, Nick.

Hi Michael,

Anonymous:

  is their a BT Tool taht will generate an xsd from the xml file? Will the xsd be utf-8 or utf-16?

Yes, In Visual Studio, do the following:

1. Open any BizTalk project
2. right-click the project and say add-> Generated Items
3. Choose Schema from well-formed XML.

Hope it helps

Mike