BRE Function Customisation

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    • May 10, 2006 at 11:47 AM #14649
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        I have recently started trialing the Biztalk 2006 BRE for use within .NET apps and am so far impressed (I am working with .NET class instances). However, I would like to create a new Function (I think, based on the abstract TemporalFunction class). I cannot find any examples or documentation of use and cannot work out what methods to override or properties to set from the SDK documentation. Has anyone done this?

        I am trying to compare two dates with one of the following complications:
        i) compare the two dates after adding a time period to one of them, i.e. 12hours.
        ii) compare the two dates where one date has been amended via a relative method, for example, to the preceeding Friday at 10.00.

        I assume that this could be done by some clever rule chaining but I really need to provide a user/BA with a simple function as it will be used regularly.

      • May 10, 2006 at 12:23 PM #14650
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          Sorted the problem – I had the wrong end of the stick. Just need to have a method on a .NET object and add this as a vocabulary (either through the BRE or the API (using the UserFunction).

        • September 26, 2006 at 1:46 PM #15852
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            Hi, I would really like to know how you did it?  What I'm trying to do this is following.

             Problem:  Needs to access some value from .NET class while processing the rules.

            Approach:  I created a class library with one property called public string getData {get{return "Hello World";";}}

                             I registered the resulting dll in the GAC tool.

                             I then created a new Vocabulary in the BizTalk Rules engine and added a definition of to retrieve data from .NET Class.

                             I then selected my DLL using the BROWSE button.

                             When I'm using this vocabulary in my rules, the string "Hello World" is not being returned? Also I think the whole rule cease to executed     if I use my new vocabulary.

             

            I'm not sure what is happening.  Any help will be appreciated.

             

            Iftikhar.

             

                           

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