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Thanks Pavan, it's great to hear the positive comments! Tom
View ArticleNew Post: Viewing SSO Configuration
I am fairly new to using BTDF but I have a question regarding the way it deploys SSO configuration settings to the SSO database. I am guessing the reason that the SSO application configuration snap-in...
View ArticleNew Post: Deploy option is not available in Visual Studio 2005 for Biztalk...
Hi Kumaravelu, Have you gone through the Deployment Framework for BizTalk tutorial? There is no Deploy option on the solution. While working in Visual Studio, you can use the Deployment Framework...
View ArticleNew Post: how to automatically update assembly version in binding file
I would strongly consider having the build update the AssemblyFileVersion and not the AssemblyVersion (more info). That will let you continue to see the specific build version in the DLL, but will not...
View ArticleNew Post: BTDF 5.1 Beta
Hi Jim, Thanks a lot for the info. I had not had time to download 2013 RTM but am doing it now. The latest (unreleased) 5.1 codebase already incorporates WiX 3.7. It also looks for a locally installed...
View ArticleNew Post: Modifying the Environment Settings file after deployment
Hi Harini, If you are not making code changes that require redeploying the whole application -- maybe you are electing to just re-GAC a pipeline components DLL or something similar -- and you want to...
View ArticleNew Post: Environment Settings and Different Build Relation
Just an FYI -- the path is saved into an environment variable named ENV_SETTINGS, and conveniently MSBuild sees all environment variables as properties, so it's equivalent to an MSBuild property named...
View ArticleNew Post: how the portbindingmaster work?
Yes, you can have a page in the wizard display a set of radio buttons that correspond to each environment and set the correct XML path. Here's an example of showing radio...
View ArticleNew Post: Pass Application Pool username and password as parameters to msi
It can be pointed to existing AppPools, but it will always modify the AppPool's Identity. In v5.0 the deployment on a server always assumes that a username and password will be provided to configure...
View ArticleNew Post: Viewing SSO Configuration
I'm not sure if you're talking about the SSO management tool out of the box with BizTalk or the one Microsoft has on the Download Center. If the former, the app does show up but you have to enable the...
View ArticleNew Post: Disable the BizTalk App listing in Start Menu--> Program in a...
Hello We are using BTDF 5.0 version to deploy the BizTalk App. After Deployment the BizTalk App(MSI) which is created using BTDF will be listing in Start Menu--> Programs We need disable the Biztalk...
View ArticleNew Post: Have specific ports only appear in a specific environment
I have a need to have one specific FTP receive port only appear in the Prod environment (the other environments only use a FILE port for testing). I could put the entire xml for the port into the...
View ArticleNew Post: Dumping suspended instances of a BZT 2010 Application
Hi Tom, I tried this setting, but it is not working for me. I am deploying it in Debug mode. Any issues with that? It is erroring out in (PrepareAppForUndeploy target) step. Please advice. Thanks, Pavan
View ArticleNew Post: Avoid Application shortcut appearing in start menu during MSI...
Hi Abraham Greetings! Its been a wonderful time we are having at out team using BTDF framework and things are going fine except for a small tweak that i am looking for. Is there a way to avoid the...
View ArticleNew Post: Environment Settings and Different Build Relation
Hi Tom, I was trying to deploy the BTDF app using command prompt. As suggested in the document I followed the step of installing msi, then generating settings xml and then passing it as parameters...
View ArticleNew Post: Avoid Application shortcut appearing in start menu during MSI...
First, I'm very happy to hear that you and your team are finding success with the BTDF! Second, wow, that is a huge number of apps! You'll find the solution to this in v5.1 (currently Beta 2). You can...
View ArticleNew Post: Disable the BizTalk App listing in Start Menu--> Program in a...
You'll need to upgrade to v5.1 (currently Beta 2). Add this to the existing PropertyGroup that contains other MSI-related...
View ArticleNew Post: Dumping suspended instances of a BZT 2010 Application
Hi Pavan, You'll want to upgrade to v5.1 (currently Beta 2). There is a new property called AutoTerminateInstances. It is already True for local Visual Studio deployments but False by default for...
View ArticleNew Post: Environment Settings and Different Build Relation
Hi, The step of calling EnvironmentSettingsExporter.exe is not necessary (documentation error). You need to know the correct and complete path to the XML file, but do not need to actually export it...
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