Microsoft® BizTalk™ Server 2002 provides the XML tools BizTalk Editor and BizTalk Mapper, which contain many improvements over their Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 versions. This article describes some of those improvements and also provides information about less commonly known functionality available since BizTalk Server 2000. The improvements to BizTalk Editor that are discussed include consuming mixed content, creating native instances, using delimiters to validate document instances, and performing self-routing. The improvements to BizTalk Mapper that are discussed include creating multiple grid pages, testing native instances directly in a map, and using functoids in new ways. The information in this document is intended for developers who have worked with BizTalk Editor and BizTalk Mapper in BizTalk Server 2000.
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