Destination folder by date

Question

Friends,
FileName: ABC.txt
destination path: c:\mydocument\YYYYMMDD (currentdate)
i have a requirement to create a destination folder and drop a file in this folder.
above example:
biztalk picks up a file from one location and drops a file in c:\mydocument\20140414\ABC.txt
note: 20140414 current date. how do i create a destination folder to save a file?
Thanks in adv
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Answer 1

Hi,
You Boatseller and Shankycheil suggested, you need a dynamic port, because your destination path is going to change every day (as the folder name
is based on current date) and the "OutboundTransportLocation" will be resolved dynamically.
In the dynamic send port, use a custom pipeline with a custom pipeline component which you would take the path of the destination folder (without
the date part in it like “C:\TestFolder\”) and let the pipeline component do the following:
Create the folder in the format of current date (so it will be      created newly once every day). If the folder does exist (if its     
created  by previous pipeline instance/handler) then don't create the      folder.
Promote the OutboundTransportType (File) and OutboundTransportLocation      (this would be resolved dynamically with date in the location).
I have created a code for your requirement. Caution, I have not tested it, this is just for giving you an idea. Let me know if you face any issue.
public Microsoft.BizTalk.Message.Interop.IBaseMessage Execute(Microsoft.BizTalk.Component.Interop.IPipelineContext pc, Microsoft.BizTalk.Message.Interop.IBaseMessage inmsg)
string sfilename = String.Empty;
sfilename = inmsg.Context.Read("ReceivedFileName", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/file-properties").ToString();
//Get the Path where you want to save file, may be as pipeline component's property.
string sFilePath = @"C:\MRAshwinPrabhu\TryMSDN\TryBizTalk\";
string strFilePath = CreateLogFileLocation(sFilePath);
strFilePath += "\\" + sfilename + "_";
inmsg.Context.Promote("ReceivePortName", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/system-properties", "SomethingWhichIsUnqiue");
inmsg.Context.Promote("OutboundTransportLocation", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/system-properties", strFilePath);
inmsg.Context.Promote("OutboundTransportType", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/system-properties", "File");
return inmsg;
private string CreateLogFileLocation(string FilePath)
DateTime dtcurrentTime = DateTime.Now;
if (!(Directory.Exists(FilePath)))
Directory.CreateDirectory(FilePath);
FilePath = FilePath + "\\";
// Create Date folder with date
string strFilePath = FilePath + dtcurrentTime.ToString("yyyyMMdd");
if (!(Directory.Exists(strFilePath)))
Directory.CreateDirectory(strFilePath);
return strFilePath;
In the pipeline component, I promoted 3 properties as suggested in this article to set the properties for dynamic send port without orchestration. Play around with this to make this properties
work, you need to read this article for better understanding.
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