BizTalk Pipeline Component – The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E) error.

Recently I tried to install an old BizTalk pipeline component project into a new environment, but it failed, giving the following error:

“The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)”

Cause

• Your DLL (component) depend on other DLL’s to get its job done and if you didn’t copy or install those too, you’d indeed get this error message.

Because this was an old project, the difficulty was to know all the dependencies.

Solution

• You need to figure out what dependencies are referenced (directly or indirectly) by the component, so try to use one of these tools:
  • DependencyWalker, FileMon or ProcessMonito. And find out what the dependencies that are missing.
• Copy the missing dependencies to the folder “C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Pipeline Components” or install them in GAC

Author: Sandro Pereira

Sandro Pereira lives in Portugal and works as a consultant at DevScope. In the past years, he has been working on implementing Integration scenarios both on-premises and cloud for various clients, each with different scenarios from a technical point of view, size, and criticality, using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BizTalk Server and different technologies like AS2, EDI, RosettaNet, SAP, TIBCO etc. He is a regular blogger, international speaker, and technical reviewer of several BizTalk books all focused on Integration. He is also the author of the book “BizTalk Mapping Patterns & Best Practices”. He has been awarded MVP since 2011 for his contributions to the integration community. View all posts by Sandro Pereira