biztalk pdf file

fred c 1

I am receiving a pdf file in biztalk and I need to convert it to base64 string and send to the destination system.
What should be the ideal way to do this and I have created an orchestration as there would be some business logic as well based on the file name of the incoming pdf.

Colin Dijkgraaf 1,346 Reputation points

2021-04-13T01:03:02.657+00:00
That depends on your definition of ideal. There are multiple different ways you can do it

In a map with a functoid

In a send pipeline

From an expression shape in an Orchestration or by calling a pipeline in an orchestration
fred c 1 Reputation point

2021-04-15T21:42:25.07+00:00

Hello Colin

By ideal i mean considering the performance since it would be pdf files.

Also what do you mean by (In a map with a functoid). How can this be done in the map?

Thank you.
Colin Dijkgraaf 1,346 Reputation points

2021-04-15T21:45:50.197+00:00

Have a look at this thread. The other option would be for the functoid to call a helper class.
Colin Dijkgraaf 1,346 Reputation points

2021-04-15T21:49:02.663+00:00

For performance, if I was just sending the raw PDF, I would do it in a custom pipeline component, that could do it with streaming, as to reduce memory impact of large files.