MllpSend Tool
You can use the MllpSend tool to send data to an MLLP receive location.
You install this tool through the BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 (BTAHL7) Custom installation procedure. If you performed a Typical installation to install BTAHL7, then you must run a Custom installation and install the test tools in order for this tutorial to work correctly. At the Custom Setup screen, select MLLP Test Tool from the Adapter folder, and select Test Instances from the Artifacts folder. For more information, see Performing a Custom Installation.
BTAHL7 setup installs this tool in <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk <version> Accelerator for HL7\SDK\MLLP Utilities.
You use this tool in the End-to-End Tutorial, the Interrogative Tutorial, the Batching Tutorial, and the Message Enrichment Tutorial. If you installed BTAHL7 through the default installation, and have not installed the MLLP Testtools (including MllpSend and MllpReceive), you will not be able to test your tutorial results.
Tool Usage
The following shows the syntax you use to invoke this command-line tool:
mllpsend.exe [/?] [/I <IP>] [/P <PORT>] [/TWOWAY] [/REPEAT <n>] [/F <FILENAME> | "TEXT"] /SB nn /EB nn /CR nn
The following table describes each part of the syntax the MllpSend tool uses.
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
| /? | Displays Help in the Command Prompt window. |
| /I <IP> | Denotes the address to send to. The default value is localhost. |
| /P <PORT> | Denotes the port number to send to. The default value is 11000. |
| /F | Sends content of the file FILENAME. |
| /REPEAT <n> | Sends the same message n times. The wrapper characters will be applied to each message. |
| /TWOWAY | The sender will wait for a response from the receiver. SB and EB need to be specified. CR is optional. In File mode, the response is stored in the file FILE.RESPONSE. |
| /SB | Sets the ASCII value of the Start Block Delimiter Byte. The default is none. |
| /EB | Sets the ASCII value of the End Block Delimiter Byte. The default is none. |
| /CR | Sets the ASCII value of the Carriage Return Delimiter Byte. The default is none. |
Examples of Tool Use
The following examples demonstrate how you can use the MllpSend tool.
Example 1. You can use the following command to send a message to a one-way adapter listening on port 13000 on server "myserver". The ASCII values of the wrapper characters are SB 11, EB 28, and CR 13.
mllpsend.exe /I myserver /P 13000 /SB 11 /EB 28 /CR 13 "A short message"
Example 2. You can use the following command to send a message 100 times to a two-way adapter listening on port 11000 on server "localhost". The ASCII values of the wrapper characters are SB 11, EB 28, and CR 13.
mllpsend.exe /SB 11 /EB 28 /CR 13 /TWOWAY /REPEAT 100 "A short message"