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Positional Length (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)

 

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.

See Also

Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas