How to Extend the Schema Generator Wizard
How to extend the existing Schema Generator Wizard and how to create a new wizard for schema generation.
Extend the existing schema wizard
Implement the ISchemaGenerator interface to create a new schema generator module that you can integrate into the existing Schema Generator Wizard.
public interface ISchemaGenerator { //Method to extract a schema from a document. void GenerateSchema(string inputDocument,string outputDocumentPath); //Method to extract the errors. [return : MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray, SafeArraySubType = VarEnum.VT_VARIANT )]object [] Errors(); //Method to extract the warnings. [return : MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray, SafeArraySubType = VarEnum.VT_VARIANT )]object [] Warnings(); //Method to extract the referenced schemas. [return : MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray, SafeArraySubType = VarEnum.VT_VARIANT )]object [] ReferencedSchemas(); }Drop the resulting assembly in the following Microsoft BizTalk Server installation folder:
\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server <VERSION>\Developer Tools\Schema Editor Extensions
The next time you run the Schema Generator Wizard, it will automatically pick up your new schema generator module.
Use the following procedure to create a new schema wizard.
Location in SDK
\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server <VERSION>\SDK\Utilities\Schema Generator
Create a new schema wizard
Run InstallDTD.vbs to install Microsoft.BizTalk.DTDToXSDGenerator.dll to \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server <VERSION>\Developer Tools\Schema Editor Extensions. DTDToXSDGenerator.dll exposes classes you can use to convert DTD files to XSD.
Run InstallWFX.vbs to install Microsoft.BizTalk.WFXToXSDGenerator.dll to \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server <VERSION>\Developer Tools\Schema Editor Extensions. WFXToXSDGenerator.dll exposes classes you can use to convert WFX files to XSD.