General Details Group

General details

This group of fields is part of the File Transfer Editor form. It contains basic information about the file transfer.

Description: Purpose of the file transfer, Rentals import for example.

Manufacturer: Two-character code identifying the manufacturer to which the record relates.

Note: When you create a file transfer record, Autoline automatically populates Manufacturer with the correct code.

Disabled: A tick prevents transfers from using this record. This enables you to process a transfer without actually sending the file, which is useful when testing a file transfer process without actually transmitting data. If it is ticked, a warning to that effect is displayed when the record is validated.

Company: Autoline company to which the transfer record relates, selectable by clicking the Ellipsis button.

Tip: If this field is empty, the record is applied to all companies.

Module: Identifies the module to which the record relates in the Autoline company.

File direction: Direction of the file transfer.

Note: Because you can transfer files both to and from the computer systems specified in the file transfer record, you must specify in which direction the transfer operates. One of:

GET Retrieve a file: Retrieves a file from the PC terminal or remote server from which the transfer is run and stores it in your Autoline system.

PUT Send a file: Sends a file from your Autoline system to the PC terminal or remote server from which the transfer is run.

Tip: Click the File direction and Method drop-down buttons to select from lists.

Method: File transfer method, selectable by clicking the Drop-down button. One of:

A API copy: Copies files between Autoline and a client system, such as local PC.

P API copy select: Enables you to browse manually to your local PC and API copy a file to or from the Autoline server. You should choose this option if you want to select a file in running time, to be uploaded (when GET is used for the file transfer direction) or downloaded (when PUT is used). When this method has been set to a GFT record and this record used, the system opens a browse window enabling you to specify the path and filename to be used by the transfer operation.

Note: The other GFT fields (Autoline path, Autoline filename, Remote path, Remote filename, and so on) must be set as for a normal API copy record. Remember that the remote path and filename will be used as default values when browsing the file to be transferred.

C Copy file only: Copies files within the Autoline system.

Note: Copy file only automatically sets the File direction to PUT, this being the only valid direction for that transfer method.

F FTP: Transmits files between Autoline and a remote server.

S SFTP: Transmits files using secure shell (SSH) between the Autoline system and a remote server.

Set Company Specific Record Form

This form is displayed when you click Set/edit company on the New Record Name form. It enables you to set, remove or edit the Autoline company to which the transfer record relates.

Company details

Current module: Identifies the module in which the current company resides.

Current company: Number of the current company.

Buttons:

Set company: Enables you to set a specific company to save to the file transfer record.

Remove company: Resets the Current module and Current company fields to blank, enabling you to select a different company.

Save: Returns you to the New Record Name form, with the new company and module details saved to the file transfer record.

Cancel: Returns you to the New Record Name form, cancelling any changes you made to the current company and module details.

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