Generally speaking, as part of the integration process, sending a new pipeline from an orchestration is not an appropriate way to handle data transfer. There are many reasons for not doing this and here at Art2link we don’t advise to do it. However, in the case where you have send and receive data without any other alternative, this is how we would typically build this type of pipeline:
How to call a Send Pipeline from an Orchestration Step by Step
1. Add the following References to your Project:
Microsoft.XLANGs.Pipeline.dll – You can find this in the old GAC at C:WindowsGACMSIL
Microsoft.BizTalk.Pipeline.dll – This one gets added if you create a Send Pipeline
2. In your Orchestration create:
a Message of type System.Xml.XmlDocument (lets call it SendPipelineOutputMessage) and a variable of type Microsoft.XLANGs.Pipeline.SendPipelineInputMessages (lets call it SendPipelineInputMessages).
3. Next, drop a Message Assignment shape and put the following in it:
SendPipelineInputMessages.Add(Message_3);
SendPipelineOutputMessage = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
Microsoft.XLANGs.Pipeline.XLANGPipelineManager.ExecuteSendPipeline(typeof(ExceptionMap.SendPipeline1), SendPipelineInputMessages, SendPipelineOutputMessage);
Make sure that you set the Messages Constructed Property = SendPipelineOutputMessage.
Note
The Message_3 is your input message. Should you choose, it is feasible to add more messages to the total pipeline and get them done as a batch. While this process may seem inefficient, it is the best way to get send a pipeline of data from an Orchestration if you are constrained to these specific parameters.
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