Child Order (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)
Use the Child Order property to configure the relationship between delimiters and the data they delimit.
Applies to Nodes of Type
Category
Flat File
Allowed Values
| Drop-down list choice | Description |
|---|---|
| Prefix | Specifies that the delimiter appears before the data that it is delimiting. |
| Postfix | Specifies that the delimiter appears after the data that it is delimiting. |
| Infix | Specifies that the delimiter appears between different items of data, resulting in one less delimiter than when Prefix or Postfix is chosen. |
| Default Child Order | Sets the child_order attribute to "default", specifying that the child order specified using the Default Child Order property should be used. |
| Conditional Default | Removes the corresponding annotation in the XSD representation of the schema, if any, resulting in the following behavior: - If the Record node has a tag identifier, then the child order will be prefix. - Otherwise, the child order will be infix. |
Default Value
Conditional Default
XSD Persistence
As the value of the child_order (="prefix", "postfix", "infix", or "default") attribute of the element/annotation/appinfo/recordInfo annotation element.
Remarks
You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you have:
Selected a Record node (including a root Record node) in BizTalk Editor
Set the Structure property of the selected Record node to Delimited
Configured the Flat File Extension option for the Schema Editor Extensions property of the Schema node
See Also
Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas
Default Child Order (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)
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