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Repeating Delimiter (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)

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Use the Repeating Delimiter property to configure, on a per-record basis, the string used to delimit repeating fields in this record in instance data.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Record

Category

Flat File

Allowed Values

Either:

  • No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema, and specifying that the child delimiter specified for the selected Record node will be used. This value is only allowed when the Repeating Delimiter Type property is set to None.

  • Any string of characters entered in the format indicated by your choice for the Repeating Delimiter Type property.

Default Value

No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema, and specifying that the child delimiter specified for the selected Record node will be used.

XSD Persistence

As the value of the repeating_delimiter 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

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

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

See Also

Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas