Advanced Configuration Components for Adapters

The BizTalk Adapter Framework supports a custom drop-down editor, a custom modal dialog editor, and a custom type converter. These custom design components are especially useful when taking user name and password information as input.

You can invoke a custom editor or type converter for a specific data field (element or attribute) in the configuration schema. As described in Microsoft Visual Studio Help, the editor must be derived from System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor and the type converter from System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.

An editor minimally overrides the GetEditStyle method to specify the kind of editor (Modal dialog, DropDown control, or None of the above) and the EditValue method to change the value with the editor.

A type converter typically overrides the ConvertFrom, CanConvertFrom, ConvertTo, CanConvertTo, GetStandardValues, GetStandardValuesSupported, and GetStandardValuesExclusivemethods of the .NET Framework Class Library.

In This Section

• Custom Adapter Configuration Designer

• Custom Drop-Down Editor for Adapter Configuration

• Custom Modal Dialog Editor for Adapter Configuration

• Custom Type Converter for Adapter Configuration