1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.

2. In the console tree, expand BizTalk Group, expand Applications, and then select the application for which you want to create a send port.

3. Right-click Receive Ports, point to New, and then click Static One-way Receive Port.

   The Receive Port Properties dialog box appears.

4. Configure the properties and then click OK.

   For more information, click Help.

5. In the console tree, right-click Receive Locations, point to New, and then click One-way Receive Location.

   The Select a Receive Port dialog box appears.

6. Select the receive port you created in step 3, and then click OK.

   The Receive Location Properties window appears.

7. In the Transport Type field, select HostFiles, and then click Configure.

   The HostFiles Transport Properties dialog box appears.

8. Configure the following properties:

   Use this	To do this
   Connection String	Enter the name of a connection string that will be used to connect to the host database. To configure a new or existing connection string, click the ellipsis (…). This starts the Data Source Wizard. To access Help, click Help on the wizard screens, or open the Host Integration Server 2006 Help and look in Technical Reference - UI Help - Data Integration Help - Data Source Wizard.
   Document Root Element Name	The root element name that is used in the XML documents that are received from the host.
   Document Target Namespace	The target namespace that is used in the XML documents that are received from the host.
   SQL Command	The Select command that is executed one time for each polling interval.
   Update Command	The command that is executed after each row in the receive operation is processed. It can be either a delete statement that deletes the row from the table in the SQL command, or an update command that statically modifies one or more rows. When this option is specified, the SQL command must be a Select statement and access a single table. You can specify additional properties by clicking the ellipsis (…) button. This opens the Change Command dialog box, which provides three options: Do nothing clears the other two options if selected. Delete after read deletes the row after the adapter has read it. Update lets you type an SQL command to be updated.
   URI	Uniform resource identifier. A name identifying the receive port location.
   Polling Interval	The number of units between polling requests. Allowed range is 1 - 65535.
   Polling Unit of Measure	The unit of measure (seconds, minutes, or hours) used between polling requests. Default is seconds.

9. Click OK to return to the Receive Location Properties dialog box.

10. In the Receive Handler field, select the instance of the BizTalk Host on which the receive location will run. The receive handler must be running on this host.

11. In the Receive Pipeline field, select the receive pipeline to use to receive messages at this receive location.

    To configure a receive pipeline, click “..”. For more information, click Help on the property pages.

12. To configure scheduling, click the Schedule tab.

    For more information, click Help on the Schedule tab.

13. When you are finished with configuration, click OK to close the Receive Location Properties dialog box and return to the BizTalk Server Administration console tree.

14. In the Receive Locations window, right-click the receive location in the Name column and select Enable.

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