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Minimum Length with Pad Character (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)

 

Use the Minimum Length with Pad Character property to configure how a serializer pads the instance message data associated with the selected Field Element or Field Attribute node.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Field Element, Field Attribute

Category

Flat File

Allowed Values

No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema and no padding being performed, or a positive integer indicating the minimum length to which the field associated with the selected Field Element or Field Attribute node should be padded.

Default Value

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

XSD Persistence

As the value of the min_length_with_pad attribute of:

  • For Field Element nodes, the element/annotation/appinfo/fieldInfo annotation element.

  • For Field Attribute nodes, the attribute/annotation/appinfo/fieldInfo annotation element.

Remarks

You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you select a Field Element or Field Attribute node in BizTalk Editor and you have:

  • Configured the Flat File Extension option for the Schema Editor Extensions property of the Schema node

  • Set the Structure property of the containing Record node to Delimited

See Also

Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas