biztalk mapper bug

In Visual Studio 2010, I used the script functoid to write some C# method. Then I write the code in an assembly and changed the functoid to get the assembly code. Then I generate the xslt. The code is still in the xslt and the xsl is calling the script code, not the method in the assembly. You have to delete the code from the textbox to make the code go away.

A big gotcha

I installed the "Microsoft Biztalk 2010 Accelerator for SWIFT" (A4SWIFT) and the "Microsoft Biztalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2010 Message Pack" on my computer. In my work I need to research the SWIFT schemas and such. I was trying to open up the SWIFT header schema that is inside the Microsoft.Solutions.FinancialServices.SWIFT.RuntimeSchemas assembly. However I keep getting this error: Could not load type 'Microsoft.Solutions.FinancialServices.SWIFT.RuntimeSchemas.HeaderSchema' from assembly 'Microsoft.Solutions.FinancialServices.SWIFT.RuntimeSchemas, Version=3.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The problem is that there are two assemblies with the same file name and version number! The one creating the error is from A4SWIFT. The correct one is in the message pack directory. Note that the namespace name has different: A4SWIFT: Microsoft.Solutions.FinancialServices.SWIFT.RuntimeSchemas.HeaderSchema A4SWIFT Message Pack: SWIFTSchemas.SWIFTHeader Confusing as hell. No idea why they left an obsolete assembly around.

using Biztalk script functoid

I have been trying to use Biztalk maps to create xsl transforms. The biggest challenge seems to be finding resources that talk about its capabilities and limitations. Here is my little contribution.

My transform involves a lot of repeating structures. In particiular a bunch of addresses attached to different entities that needs to be mapped to another address structure.

xxx
yyy
www
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In some cases the address entries are blanks but the destination does not allow blanks so the nodes have to be skipped.

Most of these tasks can be done with various functoids. But if you have to repeat a good few times the biztalk map gets hairy.

So my solution is to use the scripting functoid and write an xslt template. Luckily every has an id so I can use that as a parameter. The other parameter would be the node (a, b, c, or d) so that I can construct the xpath inside my template. Then it's normal xsl stuff and you can control your output.

I can construct an example if there is interest.