>-----Original Message-----
>Does anyone know how do I get BizTalk to output a DOCTYPE
>declaration

><!DOCTYPE ... ...>

>and an XML declaration

><? xml version="1.0">

>when producing XML from a flatfile?

>thanks in andvance

>Jo
>.

>-----Original Message-----
>This is crazy thing about BizTalk. There is no way to
tell
>BizTalk to generate the xml or DocType definitions
through
>any user interface (that I know of). There's even less in
>the way of documention. The key is to use a BizTalk map
>because the maps are basically just XSL transformations.

>Create a map in the BizTalk mapper, and then open the map
>file with a text editor and find the XSL portion. It
>should look a bit like this:

><CompiledXSL><xsl:stylesheet
>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
>xmlns:var="urn:var" xmlns:user="urn:user" exclude-result-
>prefixes="msxsl var user" version="1.0">
>                    <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-
>declaration="yes"/>

>....
>....

>There-in lies the solution. The <xsl:output> tag has a
>number of property, one of which is "omit-xml-
declaration"
>which you set to "no" to generate a <?xml version="1.0"?>
>definition. The doctype can also be generated via the
same
>tag by using the doctype-public or doctype-system
>properties. Here's an example:

><xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="no"
doctype-
>system="http:/mysite.com/dtds/myxml.dtd"/>

>This should generate the following:

><?xml version="1.0"?>
><!DOCTYPE PurchaseOrder
>SYSTEM "http:/mysite.com/dtds/myxml.dtd">
>....
>....

>Things to remember are that once you have edited the map
>file with the text editor, if you open the file and save
>it with the Biztalk mapper, you will loose your changes.
>Also, when BizTalk generates the output file, it will try
>to find the DTD file using the path above. If it can't
>find the file or it does not understand the file address,
>BizTalk will fail with the following error:

>An error occurred in BizTalk Server.

>Details:
>------------------------------
>The XML document could not be translated. The map
>specified by reference "<PATH TO BIZTALK MAP>" failed.
>Verify that the map is up to date.

>The following channel configuration setting is not
>valid: "<CHANNEL NAME>"

>The server could not finish processing the document.

>Hope that helps.. Took me almost a whole day to figure
>this out through trial and error... though mostly error.

>Marcel.

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Does anyone know how do I get BizTalk to output a
DOCTYPE
>>declaration

>><!DOCTYPE ... ...>

>>and an XML declaration

>><? xml version="1.0">

>>when producing XML from a flatfile?

>>thanks in andvance

>>Jo
>>.

>.