FILE Receive Location - How to define file mask with 2 extensions

Question

I would like to only get files ending with *.xls OR *.xlsx extension from my Receive Location. How should "File mask" look like?

Answer 1

I have not personally tested that BizTalk only uses the first 3. charaters, but if so, this is probably a dangerous solution, since it might be addressed in future hotfixes.

I would suggest creating two receive locations, one for each filter, and bind them to the same receive port. This is also more future-proof since you can add any number of folders or file types. And that is basically the design idea behind ReceivePorts and -locations.

If you are using orchestrations, these are bound to the Receive Port anyway and you do not need to make any changes for this to work. If this is a messaging only scenario, you just need to make sure that your subscriptions/filters are not based on the name of the receive location and you are fine.