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Escape Character (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)

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Use the Escape Character property to configure, on a per-record basis, the character used to escape characters that have been given special meanings, allowing their basic meaning to be used.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Record

Category

Flat File

Allowed Values

Either:

  • No value, resulting in no corresponding annotation in the XSD representation of the schema and specifying that there is no escape character defined for the currently selected Record node.

  • Any of the predefined character choices in the drop-down list.

  • Any other single character entered in the format indicated by your choice for the Escape Character Type property.

Default Value

No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema.

XSD Persistence

As the value of the escape_char 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 select a Record node (including a root Record node) in BizTalk Editor and you have configured the Flat File Extension option for the Schema Editor Extensions property of the Schema node.

You must configure the Escape Character Type property as Character or Hexadecimal before you can configure this property.

The escape character is ignored when used with a regular character (non-escape, non-wrap, non-effective delimiters) or as a last character in the message.

See Also

Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas
Default Escape Character (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)