File Adapter Attachments

Hi Friends,
I am trying a simple scenario File -> XI -> File.In this scenario i have to send an attachment also along with the message. I have done with sender file adapter, but the problem is how can i handle the attachments in receiver file adapter. Means i just want to create the attachment on the receiver side with the same name.
But when i activate the scenario only one file is getting created i.e message payload. I can't see the attachment there. Do i need to do any extra settings for this scenario....

Hi,
>>>Do u mean to say File adapter attachments concept is used only when the receiver is Mail adapter ?????
of course not
many apdater support attachments
(like SOAP, proxies, mail)
but in case of file adapter it only works with
sender adapter
if you want to achive your scenarion
you can create a simple java proxy
in which you will take the payload
and attachments and put them somewhere
(folder etc)
but you need to do a little programming to do that
Regards,
michal
<a href="/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions">XI / PI FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</a>

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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/4b/a20c4cfea96b498b1e1af3f32f0670/frameset.htm
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Hi,
As far as I know, receiver file adapters do not supprt attachments.
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hi,
receiver file adapters do not supprt attachments.
Only File Sender adapter is capable of handling attachments not the receiver.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/4b/a20c4cfea96b498b1e1af3f32f0670/frameset.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/b6/0b733cb7d61952e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm
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About SOAP Adapters-
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and also change the file extension.
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would be file1.xml whereas the attachment would be file1.jpg
The swap module is denoted in our scenario with the module key swap. It has two parameters from the
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XI: Mail - XI - File, all attachments in folder

Hello Group!
I am working on the following scenario: Mail -> XI -> File (XI NW2004 SP19)
The mail adapter picks up the mails form the mail server and the file adapter should save the files to an existing folder. Basically the adapter works fine, but I have problems with attachments. The file adapter only save one file (the mail) to the folder. The attachments won´t be saved to the destination.
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File construction mode: Add Counter
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Kind regards,
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Hi Stefan!
Hi Group!
Now the PayloadZipBean works. The reason was, that I try to use variable substition. Without this, it works.
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In your great blog
/people/stefan.grube/blog/2007/02/20/working-with-the-payloadzipbean-module-of-the-xi-adapter-framework
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No data allowed here: (hex) 50, 4b, 3(:main:, row:1, col:3)</
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File name scheme: %subject%.zip
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