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Use the Positional Length property to configure the field length from the previous sibling or delimiter.
Applies to Nodes of Type
Field Element, Field Attribute
Category
Reference
Allowed Values
A non-negative integer, indicating the length of the corresponding field in instance messages.
Default Value
No value, resulting in no corresponding annotation in the XSD representation of the schema.
XSD Persistence
As the value of the pos_length 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 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 Positional
You must set a value for this property when you have set the Structure property of the containing Record node to Positional.