WCF LOB Adapter SDK SP1 Available

The new ‘Adapter Framework’ (in BizTalk speak – this would be the Adapter V2.0 Framework) is now available.

This new WCF based Adapter Framework allows developers to build, deploy and execute
standalone Adapters – whether BizTalk Server is present or not.

The framework is designed very much for standalone application (& can be ‘plugged’
into BizTalk R2 if desired), and as a .NET developer you can consider this as an additional
.NET library that provides the abilility to allow you to build standalone adapters
for your .NET applications (e.g. console app, or Word)

p.s. The BizTalk Adapter Pack is built ontop of this framework. 🙂

Grab SP1 below:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0F8007D7-F0C9-4169-8B9C-BA55F8F4C153&displaylang=en

Ciao, bambino, sorry! — Leaving Windows Home Server

I just wanted to let readers of my blog know that I just left Windows Home Server team and won’t be available for questions about this product anymore.


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Well, everything changes and I am looking forward to challenges in the new group. In fact, once I decided to move and looked around, I felt like a child in a candy store, so many interesting things are happening across Microsoft. When I left my office for the weekend, MP3 player in my car picked the song performed by Mireille Mathieu “Ciao, bambino, sorry!” Well, not really sorry, very happy indeed, but “Ciao!” for sure. 🙂

Convert Excel spreadsheets to XML (.XLS to .XML)

After creating the .XLS to .CSV feature, I decided to expand my application to just create the Excel Spreadsheet as an XML, which is more useful for those who use BizTalk.

I’ve added the following functionality:

1. Translate the 1st sheet only.

2. Create the XSD Schema for the XML of the 1st sheet

3. Create multiple XML files for each sheet in the .XLS

4. Create one XML file for all sheets in the .XLS with each sheet as a child record of a parent node <Sheets>

If you’d like a copy, email me.

Here is a screen shot of the newest feature.