File copy with change of file type

Question

I'm currently working on what seems like a simple file-to-file scenario. A file (without an extension) on server A has to be copied to server B. The name of the file on the target server should be the same as the file on the source system. Only change is that the file on the target system should get a .txt extension. After trying various options I'm stuck on the .txt extension.
I enabled File Name in Adapter Specific Message Properties on both the sender and receiver communication channels. With this option the file gets copied to the target server with the same name, but I cannot add the .txt extension. I also followed the instructions in this blog: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/2664. [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] Unfortunately, I don't see the file name in the payload of my message, which means I cannot use it in the Variable Substitution option of my receiver communication channel.
Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong here?
Edited by: Cheese2 on Jul 15, 2009 12:39 PM

Answer 1

use dynamic configuration. you can manipulate the file names very easily - /people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2009/03/26/dynamic-configuration-vs-variable-substitution--the-ultimate-battle-for-the-file-name
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14 - in your case as per this blog all you need to change in the code will be;
DynamicConfiguration conf = (DynamicConfiguration) container.getTransformationParameters().get(StreamTransformationConstants.DYNAMIC_CONFIGURATION);
DynamicConfigurationKey key = DynamicConfigurationKey.create("http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/File","FileName");
String ourSourceFileName = conf.get(key);
ourSourceFileName = ourSourceFileName + ".txt";
return  ourSourceFileName;