Property Interdependencies

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Overview

As you use BizTalk Editor, and specifically the Visual Studio Properties window, to change the values of properties, you will notice that there are extensive interdependencies between properties. Sometimes a particular setting for one property will cause other properties to be automatically cleared, become enabled or disabled, or even appear or disappear entirely from the Properties window. These interdependencies are too numerous to cover.

However, the following list provides some common examples to give you an idea of how they work:

  • When setting the properties of a Field Element node or Field Attribute node for which a data type is being derived from a simple type by using the restriction mechanism, an entire new category of properties becomes available: Restriction. Further, the properties in this new category are enabled or disabled based on whether the base data type is of a string type or a numeric type. For more information about this form of simple type derivation, see Simple Type Derivation Using the Restriction Mechanism.

  • When setting the properties of a Field Element node or Field Attribute node for which a data type is being derived from a simple type by using either the list or union mechanism, the Base Data Type property is changed to either the Item Type property or the Member Types property, respectively. In the latter case, the corresponding drop-down list is modified to include check boxes, allowing multiple types to be selected. For more information about these forms of simple type derivation, see Simple Type Derivation Using the List Mechanism and Simple Type Derivation Using the Union Mechanism.

  • To expose the properties associated with flat file schemas, you must set the Schema Editor Extensions property of the Schema node to include the Flat File Extension. The custom properties associated with other editor extensions, such as the EDI extension, are exposed in the same way: by choosing the corresponding extension using the Schema Editor Extensions property.

    This list includes examples that are meant to illustrate the types of property interdependencies that you will see when working within the Properties window, but it is not meant to be an exhaustive list of such interdependencies.

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