Multiple Files Select without Keyboard Windows Vista

How to Select Multiple Files without using Control key(board)- Windows Vista?

I am back to Home after hectic work at office and just trying to relaxing myself.I am totally tired and became very lazy to move out of my bed so, I connected to my wireless mouse to my new Laptop and stated hearing songs.

I am trying to select favourite songs from my Bulk list( could be a 300songs list) I was bit frustrated to select items from my list without using my keyboard( Control + Select Items), Then I started digging into Windows Vista features and I found this great future, Hope this could be a useful when you are lazzzzzyyy.

Start --> MyComputer--> Organize(Top Left) and select Folder and Search Options

Go to View tab and select Use check boxes to Select items and click Apply.

Now you can you hassle free to select your Music list without using keyboard.

It is a small example for “Simple thinks make big difference.......!”

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Partition your Hard disk Window Vista

How to Partition your Hard disk on your Laptop with Window Vista?

I purchased my first laptop recently and I have been trying to partition my Laptop hard disk but I could not figure it out the right software(free downloaded).

I remember very much I was using Partition Magic Software to divide my Bulk Hard disk to various drives(D/E/F...). Now My new laptop come up with 300GB Hard disk and all my experiments failed to portioned my hard disk.

At last I found useful information from Microsoft. Hope this can be useful for you to partition your Windows Vista Operating System based Laptop. Windows Vista had a great feature which does not require any third party tools to partition your hard disk. Follow the instructions below.



Step-1
MyComputer --> Right Click à Manage
Select the Disk Management under Storage of your Computer Management Window.


Step-2
Right Click your C Drive and Select Shrink Volume




If you do not find this option you may required to install the latest Service Pack , download the
windows Visa Service pack : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en


It prompts you to enter the shrink Volume size , remember you need to provide the size in Mega Bytes only (MB). Hope you still remember how much MB for 1 GB ?? ( 1GB = 1024MB)

Once you Click Shrink Button , It creates your Primary Partition drive.



Step-3


Right Click your new Drive and Select Labelling and select Quick Format (NTFS/FAT 32..) and also select your Drive Letter. Remember do not use C, D and E Drive which has already been occupied with your recovery and CD/DVD Drive.

Parallel Branching BizTalk 2006

How to use Parallel Branching in BizTalk 2006

Object : How to use parallel Branching in Biztalk 2006
Solution Name : ParallelCheck
Project Name : ParallelCheck
Map : MapSingle.btm,mapOrderInsertSQL.btm,MapMultipleOrders.btm

The word “Parallel” means two or more activities to be run simultaneously without depend on any other object.
When you talk about technical terms two are more objects to be execute simultaneously.

In this example I created an Order form, which can have Single Order details or Multiple Order details. However for each order I need to track the Order data and store into my SQL Table.

For each Single Order form it creates a Complete Order from output file with “Single” as extension and for each multiple order form it creates a Complete Order form output file with “Multiple” as extension. Apparently for each Single and Multiple orders I am trying to track the order details and storing the data in SQL Table. The table structure as defined below.

When ever it receives a Order from the orchestration Parallel branch checks the Orders count and executes the branch accordingly.

You need to write the below sample code for counting the Orders.
OrderCount= System.Convert.ToInt16(xpath(InputOrderMsg,"count(/*[local-name()='Root' and namespace-uri()='http://ParallelCheck.Orders']/*[local-name()='OrderDetails' and namespace-uri()=''])"));

If the form contains only 1 order details then the parallel branch quickly runs into Single Order process branch and performs the action and if order count is 2 or more it goes to Multiple Order Branching.

Simultaneously Track Order branch will execute for each Single or multiple branch executions, and it performs a SQL Insert action using SQL Send port.

For better understanding of how to work with SQL Receive and send port, check the below links
http://rajwebjunky.blogspot.com/2008/02/biztalk-sql-adapter.htmlhttp://rajwebjunky.blogspot.com/2008/06/working-with-sql-adapter-receiveport-4.html

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BizTalk Server R2 Download ,Install guide and CAB Files

BizTalk Server R2 Download, Install Guide and CAB Files

I have been trying to find the one website where I can get complete information about free download of BizTalk R2 ,installation Guide and CAB Files.

Everytime I do a anonymous search to find these details , To day I got an idea to club these useful information and documenting on my blog.

Hope you can find these details when you google it , but you might be find the details in various places.

Microsfoft BizTalk R2 Evaluation Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=54EA1E0C-937A-45DB-B51E-D0C602543EC8&displaylang=en

System Requirements and Installation Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=54EA1E0C-937A-45DB-B51E-D0C602543EC8&displaylang=en#Requirements

CAB Files

Windows 2003 Server 32–bit : http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54668

Windows 2003 Server 64–bit : http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54659

Windows XP 32-bit :http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54686

Windows XP 64-bit :http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54677

Windows 2000 Server 32-bit :http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54695

Windows 2000 Server 64-bit :http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54704

XSLT Script file using at BizTalk Map

How to Call XSLT Script file instead of BizTalk Map and some of general key words of XSLT programming.

Object : Creating Custom Functoid, which can add leading Zeros and right align for the input number.
Solution Name : XSLT_Test
Project Name : XSLT_Test
Map : mapXSLT.btm
XSD schemas : CommonOrder.xsd, OrderSummary.xsd
XSLT Script File : MapScript.xslt

Some of key thinks for your XSLT programming.

Below mentioned is the basic template for your XSLT mapping

I designed my Input Schema as below.

Write the below sample code instead of <>

I have OrdSummary node in 3 different places and TotalCount and Amount Fields are also same. when I use Count() function It returned to me as the result 3 because I am using // keyword.


Select your Map grid and right Click -> properties and enter your XSLT map name at Custom XSL path(See the image).







Some of useful functions


Count() : Count the node set. Ex : Count()
Sum() : Returns the sum of all nodes in the node-set Ex : Sum ()
concat(string, string, string*) : Concatenate the strings.Ex : concat(“a”, “abc”)
string-length() : Retuns the length of your input Field Ex : string-length()

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Delimited Flat File BizTalk

I have been receiving lot of mails for how to create delimited flat file in Biztalk. I know this is very simple and basic thing , however the new learners could be a difficult.

Guys who are expert in creating flat file ,please ignore this.

Delimited Flat File Settings

Schema Level- Properties
Schema Editor Extensions = Flat File Extension
Default Child Delimiter Type = None
Default Child Order = Conditional Default

Root level Properties - It identifies /n or /r/n Character
Child Delimiter = 0x0D 0x0A ( for unix 0x0A )
Default Child Delimiter Type = Hexadecimal
Default Child Order = Postfix

Record level Properties - It identifies , Character for records
Child Delimiter = ,
Default Child Delimiter Type = Character
Default Child Order = Infix

Example : Save below data into Abc.txt
1,John,5600,A

2,Alister,5800,B

3,Philip,5600,A

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Creating Custom Functoids in BizTalk

How to Create Custom Functoid ?
Create the C# Class Library Project as mentioned below

Object : Creating Custom Functoid, which can add leading Zeros and right align for the input number.
Solution Name : ZeroFormater.sln
Project Name : ZeroFormater
Class : ZeroFormater.cs
ResourceFile : ZeroFormaterRes.resx

Before we start writing code, will try to understand the basic concepts of Custom Functoid.
I can understand reading the below content is too boring to you, however it would be better to recollect the concepts once.

I aimed to create a custom functoid which can accept any number and convert to Right align value with specified number of leading Zeros and decimal characters. So I called it as “ZeroFormater”.

If I want to convert 234.45 to 0000234.45 , I cannot use any of existing functoid provided by Microsoft unless I write scripting function(if you need this functionality for 2 or many times you do not have any choice to write same code ). I am trying to achieve this by creating custom functoid.

What is Custom Functoid ?
BizTalk provides a fairly full toolbox of functoids, which will sufficient for your needs. However you will encounter occasions where you can't find just the right operation for your needs. That is where custom functoids come in the picture.

You can create a custom functoid by deriving from the Microsoft.BizTalk.BaseFunctoid class (implemented by Microsoft.BizTalk.BaseFunctoids.dll )

Key things to be remember

Ø Functoid ID should start from 6000
Ø Use Resource to represent the Tooltip, Icon, Functoid Name and description.
Ø Use only 16x16 pixel bitmap Image for Functoid Icon
Ø Copy the DLL at \ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Developer Tools\Mapper Extensions
Ø Attach Assembly key file to your project before you Build

Creating Class

Add a new class to your project and name it as ZeroFormater.cs and import the below namespaces

using Microsoft.BizTalk.BaseFunctoids;
using System.Reflection;

Create namespace as “ZeroFormater” and Public class as “RightalignZeroFormater”
Write the below code.
Add new Resource Item and rename it as ZeroFormaterRes.resx and add 3 new strings as mentioned below.

ZFORMATER_DESC : ZeroFormater accepts 3 parameters and it converts to Right align leading zero format.Fist parameter : Should be your input string. second parapter: Length of your sting before decimal place.Third parameter: How many characters after decimal place
ZFORMATER_NAME : ZeroFormater

ZFORMATER_TOOLTIP : RightAlignLeadingZerosFormater

Now Add new “BitMap File” to your project and rename it as ZFORMATER_BITMAP.bmp


Create a CustomFunctoid.snk and attach to your Solution. And write a single line of code to your
AssemblyInfo.cs as mentioned below.

[assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("CustomFunctoid.snk")]

Here the brief outlook of your solution after completing the above steps.

We are 50% of the work completed for creating custom functoid. Now lets start write the actual code.

namespace ZeroFormater
{
// Adding Zeros to your Input value and right aligned.
public class RightalignZeroFormater : BaseFunctoid
{

public RightalignZeroFormater()
{
this.ID = 6990;
this.SetupResourceAssembly("ZeroFormater.ZeroFormaterRes", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());


this.SetBitmap("ZFORMATER_BITMAP");
this.SetDescription("ZFORMATER_DESC");
this.SetName("ZFORMATER_NAME");
this.SetTooltip("ZFORMATER_TOOLTIP");

//Define the number of parameters to your Functoid
this.SetMinParams(3);
this.SetMaxParams(3);

//determines which function of the class will be used when the Functoid is invoked
this.SetExternalFunctionName(GetType().Assembly.FullName,
"ZeroFormater.RightalignZeroFormater", "GlobalDecimalFunctoid");

//defining category in toolbox, and decides under which category the
functoid will be added.
this.Category = FunctoidCategory.String ;

//define output
this.OutputConnectionType = ConnectionType.AllExceptRecord;

// Parameter 1
this.AddInputConnectionType(ConnectionType.AllExceptRecord);
// Paramter 2
this.AddInputConnectionType(ConnectionType.AllExceptRecord);
// Paramter 3
this.AddInputConnectionType(ConnectionType.AllExceptRecord);
}


Now we try to understand what this code is?

this.ID = 6990;
we I mentiond above the id should start from 6000, here I am using 6990 as my functoid id.

You need to set a number of input Parameters for your functoid.
this.SetMinParams(3);
this.SetMaxParams(3);

The below lines indicates that what is the Icon you would like to display at design time for your Functoid and what is your brief description about you functiod which en-user can understand(try to write short and user understablele words), Then Name of your functoid and tooltip.

this.SetBitmap("ZFORMATER_BITMAP");
this.SetDescription("ZFORMATER_DESC");
this.SetName("ZFORMATER_NAME");
this.SetTooltip("ZFORMATER_TOOLTIP");


Here you need to specify your actual function. Here I added my function name GlobalDecimalFunctoid which can add leading Zeros and right align format.

this.SetExternalFunctionName(GetType().Assembly.FullName,
"ZeroFormater.RightalignZeroFormater", "GlobalDecimalFunctoid");

this.Category = FunctoidCategory.String - which tab of the toolbox should display the functoid

Here you can see the functionality of GlobalDecimalFunctiod.

//Genarate Right Align Format.
public string GlobalDecimalFunctoid( string GValue,
Int16 LengthBeforeDecimal,
Int16 LengthAferDecimal
)
{
double dblValue = 0;
string GetTmpFormat = "";
if (GValue == "" GValue == null)
{
dblValue = 0;
}
else
{
dblValue = System.Convert.ToDouble(GValue);
}
GetTmpFormat = GenerateZeros(LengthBeforeDecimal) + "." + GenerateZeros(LengthAferDecimal);
return dblValue.ToString(GetTmpFormat);
}

//Generating Zeros
public string GenerateZeros(Int16 iCount)
{
string ConString = "";
for (Int16 i = 0; i < constring =" ConString" style="color:#3333ff;">return ConString;
}


Few more steps to complete the build. Lets write few lines of code to you ZeroFormaterRes.Designer.cs Class.

Add the below piece of lies at the end of the ZeroFormaterRes class which can helps to pick the Image from your resource File for your Custom functoid.

internal static System.Drawing.Bitmap ZFORMATER_BITMAP {
get {
object obj = ResourceManager.GetObject("ZFORMATER_BITMAP", resourceCulture);
return ((System.Drawing.Bitmap)(obj));


Also Select ZeroFormaterRes.resx file and Right Click and then select View Code. You might be seeing a XML file. Write the below lines which helps to pickup


" < name= " ZFORMATER_BITMAP " type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
Resources\ZFORMATER_BITMAP.bmp;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
< / data> "

If you failed to mention your correct PublicKeyToken for your System.Drawing assembly, you may not find your colorful Image for your functoid. It looks as follows.


If you have a problem with Functoid image, you can do follow the below steps.
1. Restart the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Services
( click Start -> Run -> Services.msc)

2. Reset your BizTalk Tool Box
3. If you still face an issue – better you restart your system once.( biztalk always problem with memory refresh)

Final Steps

Build your Code and Copy your DLL to \ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Developer Tools\Mapper Extensions

And GAC your assembly
Now Lets Try to use the Functoid at designer. Her is my Functoid Looks like.

Functiond Inputs I entered 13 as my length of the string before Decimal point and 4 is the number after decimal point, below is my final Output.