File-to-File Options


Use this dialog to define the file-to-file transfer parameters for this connector and file-to-file dispatcher.

Fields

Req Msg Descriptor
The name of the message descriptor to use for sending file transfer request messages. If not specified, kfxMsg00000001 is used.

Receiver Notify Results
The business service to which the receiving connector should send the file transfer results message. This results message is identical to the results message the sending file transfer connector sends to the CASP application that originated the request. This message is similar in format to the original request message, and it is sent for both successful and unsuccessful file transfers.

Max Data Msg Size (required)
The largest message the connector can send in Kbytes (minimum value is 500; maximum value allowed is 2,097,151).

Load Balancing
Providing you have CASP Administrator application management installed, checking this specifies that file transfer requests using this connector should take advantage of system load balancing—that is, send the request to a business service configured for load-balancing.

Note: This option is required if the file-to-file dispatcher you are creating sends any requests to load-balanced connectors. The file transfer can fail if this box is not checked, and this dispatcher attempts to send a request to a load-balanced connector. The CASP File Transfer User's Guide describes how to configure a load-balanced connector.

Overwrite Files
If checked, specifies that existing output files can be overwritten with new output files of the same name.

Transactional
If checked, specifies that the XML request occur under transactional control.

Persistent Messages
If checked, specifies that this connector use persistent messages on all send requests.

Expiry
The number of hours and/or minutes the connector should wait for the file transfer to complete before cancelling the request.

Enable Path (checkbox)
If checked, enables the following checkboxes and text fields. Note that checking
Enable Path requires that you complete Send Path, Receive Path, or both.

Send Path
The default path the sending connector uses to locate files to transfer. Otherwise, the path specified in the Source.Path XML element is used, and if that is not specified, the connector looks for the source files in its current working directory.

Receive Path
The default target directory for transferred files. Otherwise the path specified in the Destination.Path element is used, and if that is not specified, the receiving connector stores the transferred files in its current working directory.

Accept XML Paths
If checked, allows fully-qualified paths in the XML request Source.Path and Destination.Path elements when
Send Path and Receive Path are also defined. For information on the XML Source and Destination elements, refer to the CASP File Transfer User's Guide.

If unchecked, the XML request will fail if either or both of the following are true:

Relative Paths
Allows the file transfer XML to use relative path names when specifying source and destination file locations. Checking this box also enables the
Create Relative Paths checkbox.

For example, Destination.Path specifies ..\newpath, and Receive Path below is set to c:\filetrans\receive, CASP File Transfer stores the transferred files in a directory it creates called c:\filetrans\newpath.

Create Relative Paths
Specifies that CASP File Transfer create directories when the destination file path uses a relative path, and the resulting path specification does not exist. (This applies to receiving connectors only.)

Note: The connector will reject any XML request that uses relative paths unless Relative Paths is checked.