Parameter

Value

Delivery Type

The type of delivery object. 

Options are:

NETWORK

Mapped network deliveries.

FTP

FTP deliveries (default-selected in this option).

HTTP

HTTP deliveries.

Alarm

CIMPLICITY Alarm that will be triggered if a delivery has failed the number of times specified in the Delivery Failure Count parameter. 

Note: A default alarm of $DOCUMENT_DELIVERY has been provided, but a custom alarm can be used.

Retry Count

Number of times the delivery object will try to resend an output document before it gives up and flushes the file.

Up

Range

0 through 999 or infinite.

Failures Before Alarm

The number of times the delivery object needs to fail in order to generate the alarm. 

Range

0 through 1000 failures.

Note: A value of 0 means no alarm will be generated.

Retry Interval

Time in seconds to wait before a retry will be attempted.

Range

1 through 1000 seconds

File Handling

Determines how to handle the delivery when a remote file of the same name as the one to be delivered is encountered.

Options are:

OVERWRITE

Overwrites the existing file.

Up

APPEND

Attempts to append the current file to the end of the existing file.

FAIL ON EXISTING

Fails if the remote file exists.

Destination

Name of the directory on the remote machine to which the file will be copied.

The parameter must show the path from the root directory. 

Character limit

100 characters.

The Destination field supports forward slashes (UNIX).

Enable Audit

When set to YES enables, auditing for this delivery object.

YES

Enables audit.

NO

There will be no audit.

Server Name /IP Address

The FTP server name, or IP Address. 

The FTP prefix is not required or accepted.

Timeout

Time out period used during communications.

Up

Range

100 to 600,000 ms (100 ms to 10 minutes).

Port

The port number to be used.

Tip: If you do not know the port number, enter 0 and the Document Delivery process will attempt to determine the correct port number.

Connection Timeout

Time out period used during the connection process.

Range

100 to 600,000 ms (100 ms to 10 minutes).

User Name

Name of the user to log in. 

Note: If empty, the user name is anonymous. 

Maximum length

20 characters.

Password

Opens a Change Password dialog box in which you can enter a password that will be required for log in. 

Password length

Up to 127 characters.

Notes

There is no password on initialization.

If you forget an existing password is forgotten, you will have to delete the delivery object and recreate it.

HTTP can also have passwords.

Keep Connection Open

Options are:

YES

Delivery object will attempt to keep the FTP Connection open.

NO

Delivery object will close the FTP Connection on completion of the delivery.

Step 5. Configure delivery objects.