FIX: Event ID 10015 is logged in the Application log when you call an HL7 DASM inside an orchestration in BizTalk Server 2004

Consider the following scenario. You call a Health Level 7 (HL7) disassembler (DASM) inside an orchestration to validate the HL7 messages. In this scenario, the following event ID may be logged in the Application log:

Cause 1

An orchestration always wraps the System. String type as an XML document. In this case, the orchestration adds extra characters to simulate the XML format. However, the HL7 DASM does not recognize the extra characters when the input parameter reaches the HL7 DASM that is called inside an orchestration.

Cause 2

By design, the HL7 DASM generates the ZSegment part of IBase message that is a string type. However, the XLANG engine that processes the HL7 DASM output message is looking for the XML type. Therefore, this behavior results in an XLANG exception. Additionally, event ID 10015 is logged in the Application log.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

You must have BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 1.3 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Cause 1

To fix Cause 1, the Messagedecoder.cs file is released in this hotfix. The Messagedecoder.cs pre-processor component removes the extra character that is added by the orchestration. This occurs before the component calls any disassembler that should receive a string data type as an input parameter.

Cause 2

Because of the HL7 DASM restriction, you have to modify the HL7 DASM output message before it comes back to the orchestration. In this case, the Finalmessagecomponent.cs file is released in this hotfix to fix Cause 2. You can use the Finalmessagecomponent.cs post-processor components to convert the string output into the XML format and to modify the ZSegment message part.

After you have the pre-processor components and the post-processor components implemented and compiled, you can create a custom pipeline component to manage the string data types correctly when you call the HL7 DASM.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.