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I have a legacy system which can create files visible in WebDav as an output. I'd like to trigger a BizTalk orchestration receive port when a file matching a filter appears - so a lot like the standard File adapter, but for WebDav.

I found the BizTalk Scheduled Task Adapter, which can pull in a file by HTTP, but it looks abandoned, poorly documented, and out of date.

So, how is it done? Can I use the standard HTTP adapter perhaps?

whybird
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  • Not sure I'd agree that the Scheduled Task Adapter is abandoned ... there are versions for 2006 R2, 2009 and 2010. And there is a nice starter at ... http://sandroaspbiztalkblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/biztalk-scheduled-task-adapter-4-0-introduction-and-installation-process/ – SteveC May 16 '13 at 13:19

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If you're able access the WebDAV via a UNC path from the BizTalk server the File Adapter should do the trick.

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    Tried that on a local instance and could not get it to work. The FILE adapter explicitely checks for ACL permissions, that a WebDAV network share does not exhibit. – Maxime Labelle May 20 '12 at 20:39
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Have you tried to assign a drive letter to the WebDav folder?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV

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  • This looks like it could perhaps be a promising approach, but I haven't gotten it working on Win7 yet. @Maxime-Labelle or Fabio, do you know if this avoids the ACL permissions issue? – whybird May 22 '12 at 07:05
  • After several attempts, I have been unable to get the WebDav folder assigned to a drive letter in Win 7 64 bit. – whybird May 24 '12 at 00:20
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We've had to go with a workaround on this where we made a completely unrelated separate process to make a copy of the file from the legacy system appear in a Samba share, which we in turn attach to with an ordinary FILE adapter.

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