Step 1: Create EAISchemas Project

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Objective: In this step, you create a new Visual Studio solution and a project.

Purpose: You use the BizTalk project system to create part or all of a Visual Studio application or business solution. The core element of any such solution is a BizTalk project—a collection of items, such as schemas, orchestrations, Web message types, classes, pipelines, maps, and references that you can build and generate into an assembly before deploying it.

Prerequisites

Note the following requirements before you begin this step:

• Before you begin this step you must complete the steps in Before You Begin the Tutorial.

Procedures

To create a new Visual Studio solution/project

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio.

2. In Visual Studio, on the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.

3. In the New Project dialog box, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Installed Templates	Click BizTalk Projects, then click Empty BizTalk Server Project.
   Name	Type EAISchemas.
   Location	Type C:\tutorial\Lessons.
   Solution Name	Type EAISolution.
   Create directory for solution	(selected)

4. Click OK.

5. On the File menu, click Save All.

What did I just do?

In this step, you opened a new project and a BizTalk Server solution in Visual Studio.

Next Steps

You create the schema for the inventory replenishment request message.

See Also

Before You Begin the Tutorial
Step 2: Create the Inventory Request Schema
Step 3: Create the Request Decline Schema
Step 4: Create the Map
Step 5: Build the EAISchemas Project
Developer Tools
Working with BizTalk Projects