File Path Form

This form's title and use depends on the context:

• As the Autoline Path form, it is displayed when you click the Path/directory ellipsis button on the Autoline path/filename tab of the File Transfer Creation Wizard and when you click the Autoline path ellipsis button on the File information group on the File Transfer Editor.

• As the PC File Path form, it is displayed when you click the Path/directory ellipsis button on the PC path/filename tab of the File Transfer Creation Wizard.

• As the Remote File Path form, it is displayed when you click the Path/directory ellipsis button on the Remote path/filename tab tab of the File Transfer Creation Wizard and (as the Remote Path form) when you click the Remote path ellipsis button on the File information group on the File Transfer Editor.

• As the Post Transfer Action (...) File Path form, it is displayed when you click the New file path ellipsis button on the Post Transfer Action (...) form.

It enables you to set the path to:

• The standard MS transfer directory

• The workspace directory

• A directory selected by browsing

• A directory selected by looking up the parameters

Note: Exact group box and field names depend on which variant of the form you are using.

[Autoline/PC/Remote] file path:

(...) File Path: Folder path for the file used in the transfer

Tip: Type the path or use the buttons to build it automatically.

Auto settings PUSH BUTTONS:

Xfer directory: Sets the path to the standard MS transfer folder by populating File Path with ^XFR, which is the short code for the MS transfer directory, for example /user1/fran/.../data/xfer.

Workspace directory: Sets the path to the workspace folder by populating File Path with ^ENV(WORKSPACE), which is the short code for the standard workspace directory, for example /user1/work.

Browse...: Enables you to set the path by browsing the Autoline system (or the PC for an API copy)

Parameter...: Enables you to add a parameter to the folder path you are building by selecting one from the dictionary structures

Floppy disk usage:

Note: This group is for API copy on the remote path and it is available only if the file path begins with A:\ or A:/

Enable multi-disk utilities: A tick enables use of multiple floppy disk drives

Tip: Press the TAB key to move the text cursor out of the PC file path box to enable selection of Enable multi-disk utilities.

Floppy disk usage PUSH BUTTONS:

Multi-disk options...: Enables you to specify how the file is split over more than one floppy disk

Note: This button is enabled by ticking Enable multi-disk utilities.

Path validation:

Contains an expansion of any short elements in the File Path when you last clicked Validate

PUSH BUTTONS:

Save: Stores your selections in the file transfer record, returning you to the form (and tab, where applicable) from which you displayed the form

Cancel: Returns you to the form (and tab, where applicable) from which you displayed the form

Help: Displays this help page in a web browser

Validate: Displays in the Path validation field the expansion of any short elements from the File Path, showing how the path appears at run time.

Note: Clicking Validate does not check parameters for validity. However, a dealer code parameter would be displayed as <DEALER>
For example:
/user1/fran/.../data/xfer/<DEALER>