BUG: BizTalk Server: Custom Install May Not Install All Needed Files for Messaging Manager (292064)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the BizTalk Messaging Manager to manage a remote BizTalk Server, you may experience one of the following symptoms:

When the wizard creates a new configuration object, such as a port, it does not complete when you click Finish. It just flashes and the window remains active. Clicking Cancel dismisses the window, but the configuration object is not created.
When you edit an existing configuration object, such as a port, you may receive the following error message:
BizTalk Messaging Manager Error
While parsing the server response an error occurred.

NOTE: This only occurs if you use a custom installation and select only the Messaging Manager component.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, do one of the following:

Use Maintenance Mode Setup to add Core Components. To do this, follow these steps:
1. On the task bar, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Select Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 and click Change. This launches Microsoft BizTalk Server setup in Maintenance Mode.
4. Click Next, verify that Modify is selected, and then click Next.
5. Expand Services, expand Messaging, click Core Components, select Will be installed on hard drive, and click Next.NOTE:This requires you to either create a new BizTalk Server Group or join an existing BizTalk Server Group.
6. Click Next to accept the default values for the local Microsoft Windows 2000 group.
7. Click Next to use the Local System account, or enter a valid Windows 2000 service account and then click Next.
8. Click Install.
9. The Messaging Database Wizard starts. On the Introduction page, click Next.
10. Either create a new Messaging database or connect to an existing database and click Next.
11. Either create a new BizTalk Server Group or join an existing one and click Next.
12. Either create a new Document Tracking database or connect to an existing database and click Next.
13. Either create a new Shared Queue database or connect to an existing database and click Next.
14. Click Next to confirm your choices.
15. Click Finish to complete the Messaging Database setup wizard.
16. Click Finish to complete Microsoft BizTalk Server Maintenance Mode Setup.
From the BizTalk Server CD, manually copy Mscscore.dll and Mscsresource.dll to the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Enterprise Servers\Commerce folder, and register them by using the following syntax from a command prompt:
```
Regsvr32.exe %filename%
					
```

MORE INFORMATION

Regsvr32.exe is a program that you can use to register dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) and ActiveX controls in the registry. For example, to manually register the Sample.dll file, type the following at the command prompt:

C:\Regsvr32.exe Sample.dll

NOTE: This command line assumes that Regsvr32.exe and Sample.dll are both in the root folder of drive C.

Regsvr32.exe has the following command line switches:

/u - Unregister server
/s - Silent; displays no message boxes
/c - Console output

Regsvr32.exe is contained in a self-extracting .exe file named Regsv32a.exe. This file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Regsv32a.exe

Regsv32a.exe contains the following files:

Regsvr32.exe - This is the Regsvr32.exe application.
Regsv32a.txt - This is a text file that contains information and instructions.

BUG: BizTalk Server: Custom Install May Not Install All Needed Files for Messaging Manager (292064)

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