New Post: Party Settings being overwritten when deploying a specific...
Hello, I am facing an issue when deploying a particular BizTalk project using BTDF, where the party settings get overwritten when they shouldn't be. I've confirmed that the PortBindingsMaster.xml for...
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Hi Rohan, Assuming that you took this from the Visual Studio Output window, I believe that the log output you pasted is coming from BTSTask.exe, not the Deployment Framework. If you look backwards...
View ArticleNew Post: VDir - putting it under non "Default Web Site"
All is well now. I did the exact same thing I did a few days ago, edited the part of the file that says not to edit, and this time the changes "took". Neal
View ArticleNew Post: VDir - putting it under non "Default Web Site"
OK, good to hear. Sounds like caching of some sort within the IIS compatibility framework. Frustrating! Thanks, Tom
View ArticleNew Post: Using Biztalk Deployment Framework with multiple BizTalk Applications
Hello,I have just seen this post and I am wondering how would you reference BizTalk Application3 from BizTalk Application 2, in case of application reference scenarios. Do we need to add anything on...
View ArticleNew Post: Selling the use of BTDF to a client - Reason #6 to use BTDF
A client has some slight resistance to BTDF; i.e. they are asking: if we only have simple projects, and only two environments, is the learning curve and set up time worth the benefits. So I put on my...
View ArticleNew Post: Selling the use of BTDF to a client - Reason #6 to use BTDF
Thanks Neal. I added a bullet point about using a build server to produce an MSI. That's definitely worth calling out. Tom
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment schema is not updated
I've started understanding the BTDF concepts and just noticed, the structure should comply to the Deploymentframework defined in DeploymentFrameworkForBizTalk5.0.xsd. when we create the...
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment schema is not updated
It's a standard property found in csproj and btproj files. There's no particular reason that it isn't in the IntelliSense schema, other than the fact that it isn't something a user should modify....
View ArticleNew Post: Why is WiXSetup.targets trying to delete my entire C drive?
Hi, We have been using BTDF for ages, and recently I have been looking at moving the build process to TFS. This seemed to be working (MSIs being generated), but on actually running the MSI I am finding...
View ArticleNew Post: Why is WiXSetup.targets trying to delete my entire C drive?
Hi Chris, First of all, sorry to hear that you've run into this issue. It does occur when the OutDir property is undefined. Here's a past discussion that touched on this. Have you recently changed your...
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment schema is not updated
It good to have it in IntelliSense schema, as newbies like me might be benefited :) Its just a suggestion. Thanks, Manju
View ArticleNew Post: Why is WiXSetup.targets trying to delete my entire C drive?
Hi Tom, Thanks so much for your quick reply. I have now gone through all of our dev machines and our build server and it looks like they are all running v5.0 RC2. If you're interested, here is a bit of...
View ArticleNew Post: Why is WiXSetup.targets trying to delete my entire C drive?
Hi Tom, Just reporting back to let you know that I have upgraded one development machine to v5.0 RTW. The MSIs generated by that machine are now behaving as expected. I'm now going to get everyone in...
View ArticleNew Post: Party Settings being overwritten when deploying a specific...
Hi Tom, Thank you for your reply! I followed your suggestion and was able to repro the issue by testing with the BTSTask command. I've unchecked Deploy under Configuration Manager for all BizTalk...
View ArticleNew Post: Party Settings being overwritten when deploying a specific...
Hi, I'm glad to hear that you found a workaround -- and that I'm off the hook on this one. :-) Offhand, I can think of three questions: 1) Have you gone up to the <All Artifacts> node and checked...
View ArticleNew Post: Why is WiXSetup.targets trying to delete my entire C drive?
OK, good to hear. I highly recommend upgrading to v5.5 as there are a lot of great improvements in it. One nice feature in v5.5 is the ability to check the core BTDF files into TFS and reference them...
View ArticleNew Post: Biztalk deployment Framework for SSO and Port bindings
Hi, I am facing a difficulty in separating the SSO settings from Ports settings from the SettingsFileGenerator.xml in BizTalk deployment framework. I have 4 settings in the settings file and out of...
View ArticleNew Post: BTDF
Any one can explain the below points . 1.Can we run patches from BTDF? 2.Is there any limitations in BTDF ? 3.what are the advantages and disadvantages in BTDF ?
View ArticleNew Post: The OutputPath property is undefined
When running MSIs from a script we've recently started to encounter an error: "error : Cannot continue. The OutputPath property is undefined." The same msi installs fine when it is run from the command...
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