Prerequisites to create Oracle E-Business Suite applications

This section provides information about what you must do before developing BizTalk applications using the Oracle E-Business adapter. This section also points you to the BizTalk Server tools that are used to develop BizTalk applications.

Create a strong-named key file

You must create a strong-name key file to build projects in Microsoft Visual Studio. A strong name consists of the project's identity—its simple text name, version number, and culture information (if provided)—plus a public key and a digital signature. The strong-name key file contains the public key and the private key.

Important

Creating a strong-name key file is a one-time task. You can use the same key for all the BizTalk applications you develop.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Visual Studio installed on the computer where you want to create a strong-name key.

Create a strong-name key file

1. Open the developer command prompt for Visual Studio.

2. At the command prompt, navigate to the location where you want to create the key file. For example, type cd C:\Sample, and then press ENTER.

3. At the command prompt, type sn -k <key file name>.snk, and then press ENTER.

   Note

   You should receive a message at the command prompt stating that the key pair was written to the strong-name key file.

4. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.

Learn the BizTalk Server tools

The topics on how to use the Oracle E-Business adapter in Developing BizTalk Server Applications are written with the assumption that you have working knowledge of a number of BizTalk Server tools. You will use the following tools to develop BizTalk applications using the Oracle E-Business adapter:

• Microsoft Visual Studio

• BizTalk Explorer

• Orchestration eesigner

• Pipeline designer

• BizTalk mapper

• BizTalk Server Administration console

Prerequisites

You must install Microsoft BizTalk Server before you can access the BizTalk Server tools.

BizTalk Server Tools

The following table includes topics in the BizTalk Server documentation that explain how to use each of the listed tools.

Tool	Topics in BizTalk Server core documentation
Visual Studio	- Using Visual Studio - Working with BizTalk Projects - Deploying BizTalk Assemblies from Visual Studio into a BizTalk Application Learn more about Visual Studio solutions, projects, and items at Solutions and Projects in Visual Studio.
Orchestration Designer	Creating orchestrations using orchestration designer
Pipeline Designer	Creating pipelines using pipeline designer
BizTalk Mapper	Creating maps using BizTalk mapper
BizTalk Server Administration console	Using the BizTalk Server Administration console

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