How to Send a .txt file through FTPTARGET connector of Integration Broker

Question

Hi,
Is it possible to send a .txt file(infact anyfile other than xml format) to a host server using FTP Target connector of Integration Broker. If so can someone explain the steps to achieve it.
Regards,
Uday

Answer 1

Yes, you can do that. I've done exactly that couple years ago.
If I remember currently, below is a high level of how I did it.
Read the file you want to send into the buffer using GetString function like:
+/*A single string containing the entire contents of the file including line terminator.+
+     After this method completes successfully, the temp file is deleted.*/+
+&FileData = &FiletoRead.GetString();+
The function deletes the file so I had to create a temp copy of what i want to send and read that copy instead of the original file. Also, IB will have issues if you are trying to send an empty file. so i did a basic check, if the file is empty then put something in it.
rem -- IB message will fail if we are trying to send an empty file;
If None(&FileData) Or
+&FileData = "" Or+
+&FileData = " " Then+
MessageBox(0, "", 0, 0, ("File " | &sTargetFileName | " is empty."));
+&FileData = "No Data Found!";+
End-If;
Next, you need to load the file data that are now in &FileData to IB:
+&MSG = CreateMessage(@&sServiceOperation);+
+/* Generate the XML doc. */+
+&dFtp = CreateXmlDoc("");+
rem -- &bReturn = &dFtp.LoadIBContent("Some text inside of a file to send through IB!");
+&bReturn = &dFtp.LoadIBContent(&FileData);+
Then put XML into the message and publish it:
+/*put the XML in the message*/+
+&MSG.SetXmlDoc(&dFtp);+
+%IntBroker.Publish(&MSG);+
You might need to load some IBConnectorInfo and override them using your PC. I had to do that to get the password for the FTP transmission encrypted:
/* Encrypt the password */
&pscipher = CreateJavaObject("com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.common.EncryptPassword");
&encPassword = &pscipher.encryptPassword(&sPassword);
&pscipher = Null;
Good luck and hope this helps.