Default Repeating Delimiter (Node Property of Flat File Schemas)

 

Use the Default Repeating Delimiter property to configure, for the entire schema, the default string used to delimit repeating fields in instance data.

Applies to Nodes of Type

Schema

Category

Flat File

Allowed Values

Either:

  • No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema. This value is only allowed when the Default Repeating Delimiter Type property is set to None.

  • Any string of characters entered in the format indicated by your choice for the Default Repeating Delimiter Type property.

Default Value

No value, resulting in no annotation being added to the XSD representation of the schema.

XSD Persistence

As the value of the default_repeating_delimiter attribute of the schema/annotation/appinfo/schemaInfo element.

Remarks

You can examine and set this property in the Visual Studio Properties window when you select the Schema node in BizTalk Editor and you have configured the Flat File Extension option for the Schema Editor Extensions property of that node.

You must configure the Default Repeating Delimiter Type property as Character or Hexadecimal before you can configure this property.

You can override the global setting established by this property by setting the Repeating Delimiter property for individual Record nodes.

See Also

Supplemental Node Properties for Flat File Schemas