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How to Create a Transaction Integrator Project and Interface Definition

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When you are creating an application for the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications, you first create a Visual Studio solution to contain your projects, and then you create a Transaction Integrator (TI) project. Using the TI project, you will create an interface definition of the host application. Later, you will use the interface definition, together with an associated .xml schema, to describe the interface to your BizTalk application.

To create a TI project in Visual Studio

  1. In your Visual Studio solution, click File, point to Add, and then click New Project.

  2. In the Add New Project dialog box, in the Project types pane, click Host Integration Projects.

  3. In the Templates pane, click Transaction Integrator Project.

  4. Enter the name of your TI project in the Name field, enter the location to save the project in the Location field, and then click OK.

To add a .NET client library to the TI project

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the name of your TI project, point to Add, and then click Add .NET Client Library.

  2. In the Add New Item dialog box, confirm that .NET Client Library is selected in the Templates pane.

  3. Type the name of the client library in the Name field, and then click OK.

  4. On the .NET Client Library WizardWelcome page, click Next.

  5. On the Library page, in the Type Restrictions field, select BAHA.

  6. Enter the relevant name, version number, and description, and then click Next.

  7. On the Remote Environment page, enter the relevant information that describes the remote environment, click Next, and then click Create.

    If you do not know this information, you should speak to your mainframe systems developer.

To construct the interface definition

  1. In Host Integration Server Designer, right-click the node of the .NET client library, point to Import, and then click Host Definition.

  2. Use the Import COBOL Wizard to import a host definition file.

    By importing the host definition file into the .NET client library, HIS Designer also creates an XML schema data (XSD) file. This XSD file contains the interface definition you will use later in your BizTalk application. For more information about using the Import COBOL Wizard, see Import COBOL Wizard.

  3. You may view the XSD file by clicking the XSD Definition tab in HIS Designer.

  4. Click File, and then click Save All.

    The XSD file should be saved in the standard location for the project. Note that you will need this location in the next step, when you add the XSD file to your BizTalk project. For more information, see How to Create a BizTalk Project.

See Also

Creating an Application for the BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications
How to Create a Visual Studio Solution
How to Create a BizTalk Project