BTS2004 explorer extension

Hi from the South of France where we are running another hard-core training course on BizTalk Server 2004.

Today's tip: BTS2004 has a very cool windows explorer extension. 

To use it: (it isn't turned on by default) navigate to \program files\microsoft biztalk server 2004\developer tools and then run regsvr32 btsasmex.dll; log off and re-log on and you will magically get a BizTalk Server Assemblies icon in Windows Explorer next to your drive letters.

Clicking on any of the BizTalk Server Assemblies reflects the meta-data stored in them such as schema, orchestrations and pipelines.  Even more useful is the search functionality. To use this select View-Explorer Bar-BizTalk Server Search.  Using the BizTalk Server Search you can discover interdependencies between assemblies. Like all the schema that are actually referred to by maps and so on.

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 03, 2004
  I was trying to get there, but it was too late.
  Will be the content announced somewhere (online?)?
• Anonymous
  February 04, 2004
  Very Cool! However..there was a typo in the assembly name you mentioned(missed out the t :))
  Its BTsAsmExt.dll
  
  
  Cheers~
  Ananth
• Anonymous
  February 04, 2004
  This feature was enabled by default in Beta but with RC I did not get it. Thanks for the tip.
• Anonymous
  February 04, 2004
  Thanks for that. Using W2003, I didn't even need to log off and on again.
• Anonymous
  June 08, 2009
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