Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Covast EDI Accelerator, Problems | Tags: Accelerator, BizTalk, Biztalk Server 2004, Covast, CovastDB, EDI, repolock, repository
When you want to deploy the Covast Engine Input File (EIF) and you receive an error about an locked EDI repository, please read on for the solution. Covast locks his repository in the table called ‘parame’. So here lies also the possibility to ‘unlock’ your repository! (more…)
Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Biztalk Errors, Covast EDI Accelerator | Tags: Accelerator, BizTalk, Biztalk Server 2004, Covast, document definitions, EDI, Schema
When you like to change the maxlength parameter of an numeric element of an EDI message, you’ll find out that there is a dirty, nasty little bug in Covast. It can take you weeks to find out how this is actually working.
So as an example, we’re going to change and fix (max) length value of the 9308 Seal_Number element located in the EDI ‘IFTMIN D 99B Default UN’ message. First we open Covast Studio and go to the document repository. (more…)
Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Covast EDI Accelerator | Tags: Accelerator, BizTalk, Biztalk Server 2004, Covast, document definitions, EDI, repository
You can have a server with Biztalk Server 2004 installed and Covast EDI Accelerator, but without Microsoft Visual Studio installed. When you want to install a new EDI message in Covast you have to generate the schema with Visual Studio, because this causes a process to run (xml2db.exe). This process installs the document definitions into the repository of Covast.
What if you don’t have Visual Studio installed?
How to install a schema without Visual Studio?
This is what I’m going to explain… (more…)
Filed under: Biztalk 2004, Examples, Problems | Tags: Accelerator, alliases, BizTalk, Biztalk Server 2004, Covast, EDI, Party
So you need to make a trading party with a Covast party EDI alias but you don’t have Visual Studio to configure Biztalk, but only the BizTalk explorer tool, your going to have a problem setting more dan Organization name to the party.
When you have your party created (with only the Organization name as a allias), run the next query with a Query Analyzer on the Biztalk database. (more…)
