Automatically create a response to BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard using Context Based Routing

Recently I found myself taking a deep dive into BizTalk. The main reason was to fix a little architectural challenge I faced when using the out of the box WCF-BasicHttp adapter. This adapter provide you with the capability receiving WCF requests and porting them to the BizTalk MessageBox. All good so far, I used the out of the box “BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard”.

The problem

Create a WCF-BasicHttp service that accept messages and delivers them to the BizTalk MessageBox. Send back a “receive acknowledgement” to the requesting client (using Context Based Routing, without the use of Orchestations).

The solution

Step 1 – Create new Empty BizTalk Server Project

Name: Custom Pipeline
Solution Name: XMLReceiveCBR

Add new “Receive Pipeline” item.

Add “XML disassemble” Pipeline Component to the pipeline

Create a new “custom pipeline component”.
To do this first add a new “Class Library”.

Remove Class1.cs

Create new class PromotePropertiesCBR.cs

Add references

Add the following references this way:
– BizTalk Pipepine Interop
– System.Drawing

Add using statements:

Make class public and implement the following interfaces:

Let Visual Studio create the code snippets for the interfaces automatically:

This will create the following members:

Next we will code the interface implementations.
“IBaseComponent” Implementation:

“IComponent” implementation:

“IComponentUI” Implementation:
ATTENTION: Don’t forget to declare your static “ResourceManager”

Create a new Resource File

Select “images” in your resource file.

Add your image

Remove the designer file

Add the following “Component Category Attributes” to the code:

Build your project and copy your custom “Custom Pipeline Components.dll” to the biztalk Pipeline Components directory.
“C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009Pipeline Components”

Open XMLReceiveCBR.btp

Add the newly created Custom Pipeline Component to the Toolbox

Select “PromotePropertiesCBR Component”

Add the new component to the pipeline

Sign the assembly’s

Set BizTalk Application Name

Deploy your solution!