Sonu's Tech Log
Sonu's ramblings on 'what' and 'why' of software products she experiences at Microsoft
WCF Transport Channel for WebSphere MQ by IBM
Do you want your .NET application to talk to WebSphere MQ Series? IBM has utilized the extensibility...
Author: sonua Date: 07/20/2007
Declarative XML Parsing - Adapter Data Readers/Writers
Are you using adapter data reader / writer derived classes? WCF LOB Adapter SDK team had introduced...
Author: sonua Date: 07/16/2007
Intermediary Router
I got queries for potential of using WCF LOB Adapter SDK for developing a "forwarding service" or a...
Author: sonua Date: 07/12/2007
Sample SQL Adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK
WCF LOB Adapter SDK 'RC' ships with two sample adapters - Contoso Adapter - uses a canned back-end...
Author: sonua Date: 07/11/2007
Metadata Search Browse API
WCF LOB Adapter SDK provides API for browsing, searching and resolving metadata besides the Add...
Author: sonua Date: 07/08/2007
Retrieving metadata from adapter developed using adapter SDK
See following posts for more information on this topic. How to: Browse/Search metadata from WCF LOB...
Author: sonua Date: 07/06/2007
Metadata Search Browse User Control
Microsoft.ServiceModel.Channels.Tools.MetadataSearchBrowse.MetadataUserControl is a custom...
Author: sonua Date: 07/05/2007
How to: Surface an adapter setting as adapter binding property
WCF LOB Adapter SDK uses the properties defined in following classes for configuring connection...
Author: sonua Date: 07/05/2007
How to: Browse/Search metadata in a WCF LOB Adapter
Adapter consumer can browse/search metadata from WCF LOB Adapter using following ways: Using Add...
Author: sonua Date: 07/03/2007
How to: Generate a WSDL from a WCF LOB Adapter
Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-In generates a Common Language Runtime (CLR)...
Author: sonua Date: 07/03/2007
Consume Adapter Service BizTalk Project Add-In
The Consume Adapter Service BizTalk Project Add-In is metadata generation tool included in WCF LOB...
Author: sonua Date: 07/03/2007
How to: Expose the proxy generated from WCF LOB Adapter as a WCF Service hosted in IIS
Once your adapter is built and you want to host this adapter in IIS. The adapter can support let’s...
Author: sonua Date: 07/03/2007
WCF LOB Adapter SDK 'RC' is now available for public download
I haven't had many posts in last few days as we have been working on releasing first public beta...
Author: sonua Date: 06/29/2007
WCF LOB Adapter Usage Patterns
An adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK can be used in variety of topologies and scenarios....
Author: sonua Date: 06/26/2007
WCF LOB Adapter SDK and its relationship with WCF Channel Model
In this post, I will show how WCF LOB Adapter SDK relates to WCF Service Model and WCF Channel...
Author: sonua Date: 06/24/2007
Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-In
The Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-In is metadata proxy generation tool shipped...
Author: sonua Date: 06/22/2007
Transaction support in inbound message exchange handler
Scenario: How does WCF LOB Adapter SDK enable transaction support in the inbound message exchange...
Author: sonua Date: 06/19/2007
Contract Generation from WSDL/XML Schema - DataContractSerializer vs. XmlSerializer
WCF LOB Adapter SDK metadata object model generates WSDL / XML Schema with constructs that are...
Author: sonua Date: 06/16/2007
Metadata object model extensibility using ExportXmlSchema
Scenario: Adapter Developer needs to define an operation signature using XML Schema types not...
Author: sonua Date: 06/15/2007
'WCF LOB Adapter SDK' metadata object model
WCF LOB Adapter SDK provides Metadata Object Model to define a contract for an operation. This...
Author: sonua Date: 06/14/2007
How to invoke the Metadata Resolver and resolve metadata without using Visual Studio Plug-Ins?
Scenario: You want to get an adapter generated WSDL / XML Schema for a subset of operations. The...
Author: sonua Date: 06/13/2007
Adapter as a WCF Binding - In Depth
WCF LOB Adapter SDK surfaces an adapter as a custom WCF Binding. A WCF Binding corresponds to the...
Author: sonua Date: 06/12/2007
Passing SOAP actions to Adapter Inbound Handler for filtering type of listeners
Scenario: How can an Adapter Consumer pass the operation SOAP action to the Adapter Inbound Handler...
Author: sonua Date: 06/11/2007
Using adapters in composite services / business processes
The WCF-based adapters can be used within an aggregated inter or intra enterprise business process...
Author: sonua Date: 06/09/2007
WCF One Way Services and BizTalk WCF Adapter
The WCF Services can be defined with a one-way contract, request-reply or a duplex contract. The...
Author: sonua Date: 05/28/2007
Seeking customers for evaluating WCF-based adapters to SAP, Siebel or Oracle DB
Do you have mySAP Business Suite, Siebel or Oracle Database in your organization? Would you be...
Author: sonua Date: 05/28/2007
Create an installation package for the WCF-based adapter
Objective: Create a setup project (Setup.exe and/or MSI) for distributing the adapter code and its...
Author: sonua Date: 05/23/2007
Implementing Adapter Inbound Message Exchange Handler - Part 4 (Consumption in BizTalk Server 2006 R2)
Method 1 – Content-Based Routing (No Orchestration) [I will reword and extend this section later –...
Author: sonua Date: 05/23/2007
Implementing Adapter Inbound Message Exchange Handler - Part 3 (Consumption in .NET Console Application using WCF Channel Model)
You saw in this post, how to test the inbound functionality of the WCF-based adapter using the WCF...
Author: sonua Date: 05/19/2007
Implementing Adapter Inbound Message Exchange Handler - Part 2 (Consumption in .NET Console Application using WCF Service Model)
In my previous post, I covered the Adapter Developer perspective on creating a sample WCF-based...
Author: sonua Date: 05/19/2007
Implementing Adapter Inbound Message Exchange Handler
Scenario: Receive business events from the target system and trigger a method in the WCF Service The...
Author: sonua Date: 05/16/2007
Implementing Adapter Outbound Message Exchange Handler
Scenario: Client executes a single synchronous outbound call in the target system using the adapter...
Author: sonua Date: 05/06/2007
Tale of two adapters -- BizTalk WCF Adapter and WCF LOB Adapter
The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship with a BizTalk WCF Adapter. The BizTalk WCF Adapter...
Author: sonua Date: 05/01/2007
Adapter Message Exchange Handlers
A message exchange pattern describes how messages flow between two endpoints. Choosing a message...
Author: sonua Date: 04/30/2007
Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" Beta 3 available for download now!
Download to evaluate it at https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/audsel.mspx. Besides...
Author: sonua Date: 04/26/2007
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" and .NET 3.5 Beta 1 Shipped
Microsoft released beta version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Code Named "Orcas" and .NET 3.5 on...
Author: sonua Date: 04/22/2007
Setting Client Credentials
Scenario: The adapter needs the client credentials for establishing connection with the target...
Author: sonua Date: 04/21/2007
Adapter Connection Management
One of the key features of WCF LOB Adapter SDK is target system’s Connection Management. This posts...
Author: sonua Date: 04/20/2007
BizTalk multi-part messages and the BizTalk WCF Adapter
At MVP Summit 2007, a couple of attendees asked about how the WCF LOB Adapter SDK surfaces and...
Author: sonua Date: 04/17/2007
Where does a WCF LOB Adapter fit in the WCF Channel Stack?
The following diagrams show how WCF LOB Adapter SDK and the adapters built using the SDK fit in the...
Author: sonua Date: 04/16/2007
Adapter Anatomy
The adapter built using WCF LOB Adapter SDK is comprised of design-time and run-time components. The...
Author: sonua Date: 04/16/2007
Consume WCF Service Wizard generates port binding configuration files for import into BizTalk Server
Scenario: You have already designed, implemented and hosted a WCF Service. Now, you would like to...
Author: sonua Date: 04/14/2007
Implementing Metadata Resolver Handler
The Adapter Browse Handler and Adapter Search Handler implementations return an array of objects of...
Author: sonua Date: 04/07/2007
Implementing Metadata Search Handler
The implementation and usage of metadata search handler is identical to metadata browse handler,...
Author: sonua Date: 04/07/2007
Implementing Metadata Browse Handler
Most databases and LOB applications provide some form of metadata that can be used to define the...
Author: sonua Date: 04/05/2007
Show me the metadata!
WCF LOB Adapter SDK extends the WCF channel architecture with Metadata Object Model and provides an...
Author: sonua Date: 04/05/2007
Using Adapter Development Wizard
After WCF LOB Adapter SDK is installed on the system, the Adapter Developer can use the WCF LOB...
Author: sonua Date: 04/04/2007