Got a great tip from a colleague that i wanted to share with you. Do the following steps
- Open up a command prompt at “C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004\Developer Tools” and
- do a Regsvr32 BTSAsmExt.dll
Now in Windows Explorer along with Control Panel etc, you can see a new option titled “Biztalk Server Assemblies”. Double click the assembly and it shows you the dependencies on the left pane and the components on the right hand side. For assemblies which contain schemas double clicking the XSD will open up a little browser to view the XSD.
This is pretty cool and saves the bother of having to open up the Biztalk Server Explorer every time and gives more info this way too.
Oh and by the way, before i forget, if you havent looked at the documentation for the Biztalk.ExplorerOM.dll, do that now. Its waay coool and shows how powerful and deep the object model is. We made use of it recently when writing some custom steps for BizUnit (more on that later , its almost midnight and i gotta go crash) and it really grabbed me. Now i’ve got plans for that baby!! 🙂