Can Biztalk do this…..?

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    • October 25, 2006 at 7:19 AM #16199
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        Here goes….

        I have a mainframe that is generating a string of data that I want to get into Biztalk, currently this string of data is sent via TCP/IP sockets to an IP:Port on a windows server, currently I have a bit of code (C++) monitoring this port and reading the string into a variable then writing it to a file.

        Initially I wanted Biztalk to read this file and process the data in the strings, but it struck me that Biztalk can probably do more than this.

        So….can Biztalk be told to monitor a specific port on its box and recieve code transmitted via TCP/IP and send back a suitable acknowledgement?

         

        This would mean I could do what I wanted and get rid of my C++ sockets code?

         

        Thanks in advance for any wise words.

         

        Yaz

         

         

         

      • October 25, 2006 at 7:45 AM #16200
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          Yaz, BizTalk could certainly do this using a suitable adapter. There are some sample TCP/IP Socket adapters out there, and you could take one of those and modify it so that it works according to your protocol. I'd start here: http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=BTSTCPIP

          There are also some other sample TCP/IP adapters on the user samples section on gotdotnet.

        • October 25, 2006 at 11:28 AM #16203
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            Certainly there are more third party adapters available this. If you looking for a standard microsoft adapters then i would say wait for a while untill you get the Windows communication foundation (wcf) adapters. it will be here soon on Q1 of 2007

          • October 30, 2006 at 4:10 AM #16248
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              Thanks!!

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