Microsoft KB Archive/277967

= Error Message: &quot;An error occurred while opening the target file...&quot; =

Article ID: 277967

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q277967



SYMPTOMS
If you configure a Messaging Port using the file transport and you do not specify a filename with the directory path, you may receive the following error message:

An error occurred while opening the target file.

The server encountered a transport error while processing the messaging port &quot;ToUpdateLocation&quot;, which uses a transport component with a ProgID of &quot;BizTalk.SendLocalFile.1&quot;.

A transmission attempt failed.



CAUSE
It is possible that the destination filename was not specified in the port configuration or that the destination directory does not exist.



RESOLUTION
Make sure that the Messaging Port has a filename specified if you are using file transport and make sure that the directory exists. Also, make sure that the appropriate permissions are available to allow the Messaging Port to write to the specified directory and create the file.

NOTE: This is a generic error message that may occur for different reasons, but could be similar to the reason stated previously.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft BizTalk Server 1.0.

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB277967

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