Though there are many articles to tell about the Pipeline Component deployment. I dont understand how to do it. I build the solution and I have the .dll file. How do I GAC the Pipeline Component Assembly.
Where do I find the assembly, Is the .dll file is the assembly?I am new to .NET or C# I dont understand any of the terminologies. Can anybody help me with the details.
This is a good way of looking at it (taken from Difference Between Assembly and DLL):
An assembly is .NET's "minimum unit of deployment". Usually an assembly corresponds to a single file, but it doesn't have to - you can have multiple files, with one of them being the master which knows where all the other bits are.
Single-file assemblies are usually DLLs or EXE files. If you've got a normal class library and you just want to send it to the other side, the DLL is what you want. I'd only worry about more complicated scenarios as and when you run into them :)
In your case, the DLL is the assembly. To deploy your custom pipeline component, you would need to
1) Add it to the Global Assembly Cache (use gacutil4) Check here for more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dkkx7f79(v=vs.100).aspx
2) Copy it the Pipeline Components folder (default in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010\Pipeline Components)
3) Restart the Host Instance (likely BizTalkServerApplication in your case) and deploy your new pipeline which makes use of the pipeline component.
