Custom Agents in IFS

Hi
The iFS discussion forum area seems to have disappeared, and this seems to be the most suitable area to post the question. Can anyone supply me with example custom agents (not the example on OTN) that they have written. I am looking for an agent that manipulates data within the datafile, and also puts a copy of a data file into a different folder. Any examples would be appreciated.
Many Thanks
Caroline

Howdy:
In the iFS Online Resources HTML whitepaper,
there are several examples for creating and
deploying servlets. See the section "Creating a Simple Content Management Application." Please check out: http://technet.oracle.com/products/ifs/htdocs/resources/index.htm
Hope this helps,
Dennis Dawson

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Looks like the call to your agent is missing some parameters.
Here is the constructor for IfsAgent:
IfsAgent(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String[] args,
java.lang.String parameterTableSection, oracle.ifs.agents.manager.ServerManager manager)
This is the description from the iFS Online Resources whitepaper section on creating a simple agent.
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passed to the Agent class when it is instantiated at runtime.
name is the name of this Agent.
args are any custom arguments you want
to pass to your Agent.
sectionName identifies the section
specfic to this Agent in the common
ParameterTable. In practice, it is
the name of this Agent.
manager is the name of the ServerManager
that hosts this Agent at runtime.
I hope this helps.
-D

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http://technet.oracle.com/docs/products/ifs/doc_library/devguide/agents.htm
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Rakesh, not sure if I'm on the right track with this suggestion, but I'll volunteer it in case it's useful.
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Opening a new email message
Selecting my custom template
Copying the custom signature (Select All)
Opening another new email message
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Pasting into the new signature
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hello everyone
When I try to add a partner role TZ customs agent in the shipment document (VT02N)
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Hello Eyal,
Goto transaction "VOPA". For Customer master, Click on Partner Procedure
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Has anyone had any success trying to launch a custom agent using the UNC path to the executable? The .err generated includes the following lines:
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I was also concerned about the parameters so I moved the custom agent to the box Central is running on and it ran fine when the path to the executable was local to Central.
I removed all the optional parameters and made all the required ones very simple (ie. no spaces in paths and no quotes) and received the same error.
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I'm creating a custom servlet to download files from iFS to local drive. My question is where should I put the servlet class file, and how do I invoke this servlet from a ifs jsp file?
I'm running iFS 1.1.9, with JWS web server.
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[email protected]

Howdy:
In the iFS Online Resources HTML whitepaper,
there are several examples for creating and
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Hope this helps,
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Hello Petey48,
Sorry to hear about the poor experience. Feedback like this is an important step towards getting things corrected. Your feedback will be sent as a coaching opportunity for the agents you were displeased with.
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Re: Custom Agents

I have received word that the code in my earlier example may not work all
the time because of the order in which the partition shutdown activities
are executing. It is possible for your code that responds to the state
change event of its own active partition agent to be interrupted and never
completed because of this.
I'm glad I put the disclaimer in the example!
There is an enhancement request in the system to help with this.
- Tim
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Some apps have had success using the following technique to recognize when
a partition has been asked to shut down. See if it might meet your needs.
By the way, this code is presented as-is with no warranty expressed or
implied, etc.
Your TOOL code can register for state changes on the active partition
agent. This is the same piece of the Forte-provided system management
infrastructure that appears in econsole as the active partition agent. It
corresponds to a running partition.
If the Init method of your service object uses
start task self.AwaitShutdown ();
and you write AwaitShutdown to include this
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event loop
when task.shutdown do
task.part.LogMgr.PutLine ('task.shutdown -> exiting loop');
exit;
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end event;
... they your code can detect when the shutdown request arrives and you can
see which mechanism has been triggered.
Also remember that the rundown state change does not occur unless you use
Stop Remote Partitions when you run from the workshops.
There was also some discussion about this on this mailing list in the past.
You might check the archive for more info.
Hope this helps.
- Tim
Timothy Quinn Phone: +1 847 635-9884
Forté Software, Consulting Fax: +1 847 635-9027
Suite 480 HQ Voicemail: +1 510 986-3809
10275 West Higgins Road Mailto:[email protected]
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Custom clearing agent payment issue

Dear experts
Purchase order was created and the material was received on port (imports).
custom clearing agent has cleared the goods.
now custom clearing agent needs his charges.
the inv from vendor with reference to PO is not received.
any solution to settle the custom clearing agent payments.
till the inv. from vendor not received custom agent payment is is pending.
what should be done to resolve this issue.

Hi,
Copy one of your freight condition types and create a new condition type as custom clearing charges, please ensure that condition category is Delivery charges (B). In calculation schema enter this condition type at the appropriate position. Now when creating the PO, enter this condition type put the value, then select this condition type and go to details, here you will have a field to enter the vendor code, there key in the vendor code of custom clearing agent.
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HI
1. Create all the agents Vendor master or customer master (create Separate Account group)
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10 Create one Z- Report
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package cms;
import oracle.ifs.agents.common.*;
import oracle.ifs.agents.manager.*;
import oracle.ifs.agents.server.*;
import oracle.ifs.beans.*;
import oracle.ifs.common.*;
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public static final String CLASSNAME = "CONTENT";
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ex.printStackTrace();
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l_doc.setClassname(CLASSNAME);
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long newId2=5;
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ex.setVerboseMessage(true);
ex.printStackTrace();
public static void main(String[] args) {
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Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks

Please print out the Verbose Stack Trace generated when you run this application.
I suspect that you FolderPathResolver is not pointed at the directory you think it is. You might want to try printing out
I_CurrentFolder.getAnyFolderPath();
and I_CurrentFolder.getName();
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