Biztalk retry pattern, deliver notification

I have a BizTalk orchestration that uses a retry pattern. After a code review, it was noticed that the failing ports should have delivery notification set to transmitted. Otherwise, there is a chance that on a restart, the send message could be resumed before the orchestartion. This would cause two messages. Here are some links describing the retry pattern and delivery notification:

http://realbiztalk.blogspot.com/2004/12/useful-retry-pattern.html 

http://kentweare.blogspot.com/2007/11/biztalk-delivery-notification.html 

Multi-Part Map instance

Testing a debugging a multi-part map in BizTalk 2010 can be a pain. There is no way to easily create an instance of an aggregate schema. This post shows a way to create an aggregate instance by inverting the map:

http://allcomputers.us/windows_server/biztalk-2010-recipes---document-mapping---testing-maps.aspx

Orchestration design disappeared

I opened a BizTalk 2010 orchestration file in the xml editor in Visual Studio 2010. When I tried to get back to the design view, it insisted on opening in xml. I found this blog posting that gave me the solution:

http://blog.tallan.com/2012/06/05/biztalk-orchestration-fails-to-open-in-design-view/


P.S.: I think this is my second solution from blog.tallan.com. I might have to bookmark them.

Adding an installer to a Windows Service

This link was instrumental in helping me add a stand-alone installer to a windows service. Since I was using a service derived from an abstract base service class, I found it easier to do the steps to create the installer and then change the base class.

http://blog.tallan.com/2009/06/01/creating-a-project-installer-for-a-windows-service/

Windows Service Debugging

Debugging windows services in Visual Studio 2010 can be a royal pain in the ass! Particularly trying to set a breakpoint in the OnStart() method. After trying many methods, I found this:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20458/Debugging-OnStart-Method-in-NET-Service-when-Debbu


The only downside I discovered is that you must always start debugging the service when it is started, otherwise it will continually wait for a debugger session and timeout. Once you stop debugging, the service continues running.

BizTalk Looping functoid

Excellent article on using the table looping and table extractor functoids in BizTalk mapper.


http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2007/01/mapping_fixed_e.html

Gac WCF service dll

For the second time, I created a WCF service, built a deployment package, deployed to my local environment and get a

The given assembly name or codebase was invalid.

Of course, I forgot what I did to resolve it and the solution is simple, add the assembly to the gac, stupid!