FIX: Outgoing batch creation fails if individual messages contain trailing delimiters

Consider the following scenario:

• In Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HL 7 (BTAHL7) Configuration Explorer, you enable the Allow trailing delimiters (separators) option under the Validation tab of your trading party.
• In a create-batch scenario, one of the separate input messages contains trailing delimiters.
  
  Note The Create-batch scenario is a scenario when BTAHL7 combines separate input messages into an output batch. For more information, refer to the "More information" section.

In this scenario, the Allow trailing delimiters (separators) option is not applied. Therefore, the outgoing batch creation fails. Additionally, an error message is logged in application event log that resembles the following:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: BizTalk Accelerator for HL7
Event ID: 4133
Description: Error happened in body during serialization Error # 1
Segment Id: PID_PatientIdentification
Sequence Number: <Sequence Number>
Field Number: <Field number>
Error Number: 207
Error Description: Application internal error
Encoding System: HL7nnnn
Alternate Error Number: Z100
Alternate Error Description: Trailing delimiter found
Alternate Encoding System: HL7-BTA
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This problem occurs because of an error in the BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 2.0 version.

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.

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Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 2.0 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. However, you must restart the BizTalk host instance after you apply this hotfix. For more information about this procedure, refer to the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

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

For more information about how to configure validation settings, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: For more information about the Create-Batch scenario, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: