Custom pipeline component debugging

Here goes a nice tip about custom pipelines debugging.

We have to ways to do this:

• The hard way:




• Open your custom pipeline code on Visual Studio and place the breakpoint in the desired line.


• Click on the menu Debug >> Attach to process.


• Select the process BTSNTSvc.exe and click on the Attach button.


• Drop a message in a configured port and wait until the code hit the breakpoint.


• The other way:




• Open your custom pipeline code on Visual Studio and place the breakpoint in the desired line.


• Go to the custom pipeline project properties page and click on the Debug tab.


• On the “Start Action” property, select Start external program and then type “Driveletter$\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\SDK\Utilities\PipelineTools\Pipeline.exe”


• On the command line arguments property type “customPipeline.btp -d messageInstance.xml -c”




• customPipeline.btp = path to the pipeline that use your custom component


• messageInstance.xml = File that contains the message instance


• Now, just press F5 and wait until the code hit the breakpoint

Nice huh?