Encoding - pipelines

Did you know that pipeline-files (*.btp) is XML files ?

I had to change Target charset on a outgoing pipeline. Our problem was to send out files in Dos format (also known as ibm850). But I couldn’t choose codepage 850 in the pipeline designer I Visual Studio.

Strange – In the pipeline designer you can only choose about 20 charsets, but in fact BizTalk is supporting the same charsets as .NET. That means a lot more !

The solution is to open the .btp file in ex. Notepad. Then replace the value under TargetCharset and TargetCodePage. For example:







It worked! Afterwards the right Target charset was showing in the Pipeline designer J