Cannot use message type STRING in MQSeries receive port.

Thanks Greg.

Here is exactly what I am trying to do. I am brand new to BizTalk and am sure I am spinning my wheels over something that is probably straight-forward.

I want to do the following:
1. Receive flatfile messages from MQSeries message queue.
* These message come in 6 different formats. Therefore, I am taking in the whole message and letting a webmethod figure everything out for me.

2. In an orchestration, I have a parallel operation which will a. Simply pass the existing message in the SAME format onto another MQSeries Queue. AND b. Call a WEBMETHOD with this message to be processed.

That is it. I started exploring the flat file disassembler, which I believe is going to work. I just don’t think I am setting it up properly.

Here is where I am at with that.

1. I created a new schema for the flat file message which looks like this:

<?xml version=\”1.0\” encoding=\”utf-16\” ?>
– <xs:schema xmlns:b=\”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003\” xmlns=\”http://EAICNR.schMacrocell\” targetNamespace=\”http://EAICNR.schMacrocell\” xmlns:xs=\”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\”>
– <xs:annotation>
– <xs:appinfo>
<schemaEditorExtension:schemaInfo namespaceAlias=\”b\” extensionClass=\”Microsoft.BizTalk.FlatFileExtension.FlatFileExtension\” standardName=\”Flat File\” xmlns:schemaEditorExtension=\”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/SchemaEditorExtensions\” />
<b:schemaInfo standard=\”Flat File\” codepage=\”65001\” default_pad_char=\”\” pad_char_type=\”char\” count_positions_by_byte=\”false\” parser_optimization=\”speed\” lookahead_depth=\”3\” suppress_empty_nodes=\”false\” generate_empty_nodes=\”true\” allow_early_termination=\”false\” early_terminate_optional_fields=\”false\” allow_message_breakup_of_infix_root=\”false\” compile_parse_tables=\”false\” root_reference=\”Root\” />
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
– <xs:element name=\”Root\”>
– <xs:annotation>
– <xs:appinfo>
<b:recordInfo structure=\”delimited\” child_delimiter_type=\”hex\” child_delimiter=\”0xD 0xA\” child_order=\”infix\” sequence_number=\”1\” preserve_delimiter_for_empty_data=\”true\” suppress_trailing_delimiters=\”false\” />
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
– <xs:complexType>
– <xs:sequence>
– <xs:annotation>
– <xs:appinfo>
<groupInfo sequence_number=\”0\” xmlns=\”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003\” />
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
– <xs:element name=\”Root_Child1\” type=\”xs:string\”>
– <xs:annotation>
– <xs:appinfo>
<b:fieldInfo justification=\”left\” sequence_number=\”1\” />
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

2. Added a Flat file disassembler pipeline with the schema from step 1 in the Document schema property in the disassemble block.

3. Changed the message type in the MQSeries receive port to the schema from step 1.

4. Have a receive message set to a Message I created with message type of the schema from step 1. and with Operation to the Receive port.

5. Then the parallel operations which simply call a webmethod and another which Sends the message to a MQSeries send port.

All of this works perfectly if I was only dealing with XMLDocument and the message I put on the receive queue is an xml message. (example: <Request><Node>Test</Node></Request> )

In reality, I am dealing with something which looks more like ( 1234567 CustomerName Address City State Zip)