Microsoft KB Archive/942612

= FIX: You may experience problems when you use a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) adapter in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 =

Article ID: 942612

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Branch Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) adapter in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, you may experience one of the following problems.

Problem 1
When you use custom binding for an outgoing process, the WCF adapter does not pass the namespace information. Therefore, when you call the writeStartElement method to write a start tag to an XML file, the start tag of the XML file is not associated with any namespace.

Problem 2
The WCF adapter produces incorrect data if the following conditions are true:
 * The send port of the WCF adapter uses a template message that uses string encoding.
 * The size of the template message is larger than 4 KB.
 * The template message uses the non-UTF8 encoding.

Problem 3
The WCF adapter does not follow the transaction time-out setting in the Machine.config file. The WCF adapter has a maximum transaction time-out setting of 60 minutes. The transaction time-out setting is not changed even if the transaction time-out setting in the Machine.config file is more than 60 minutes.



CAUSE
These problems occur because of bugs in the Microsoft.BizTalk.Adapter.Wcf.Runtime.dll assembly.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next BizTalk Server 2006 R2 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
You must have BizTalk Server 2006 R2 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart information
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Registry information
You do not have to change the registry.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
The problems that are described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section are fixed in the hotfix as follows.

Problem 1
The code is changed so that the namespace information is passed to the writeStartElement method.

Problem 2
The message encoding from the byte order mark (BOM) is detected when the adapter constructs the adapter message stream from the BizTalk Server message stream.

Problem 3
The system time-out setting is used for the WCF adapter time-out setting. The default value of the system time-out setting is 10 minutes. This value can be changed by modifying the Machine.config file. For example, you can modify the following section in the Machine.config file to change the time-out setting to 15 minutes.    For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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