Outbound FTP adapter directory dynamic path

Question

Hi,
I tried creating FTP adapter with logical directory names.
When I create inbound FTP adapter (get activity) and provide logical directory path, it creates activation agent and on deployment it works fine. However when I try to create FTP adapter for outbound FTP adapter (put activity) and provide logical directory path, it could not create activation agent for the same….When I add activation agent manually, I am able to compile the service locally on J Developer, but could not deploy the service into SOA Instance.
Please update me, if anybody has made outbound FTP adapter directory dynamic path.
Best Regards,
Dhaval Khamar

Answer 1

Dipal's note is correct for setting the output directroy dynamically, but I just want to clarify the steps you are taking.
You say that you create the activation agent manually for the put FTP adatper. This is not required, the activation agent is used to poll locations to invoke a process. The put activity is invoked from the BPEL process and not required.
If you are using logical directorys you partner link should look like this in the bpel.xml
<partnerLinkBinding name="writeFile">
<property name="wsdlLocation">writeFile.wsdl</property>
<property name="OutboundDir">/app01/oracle/outbound</property>
<property name="retryInterval">60</property>
</partnerLinkBinding>
The nasty thing about BPEL is that if you edit this manually and you make chnages BPEL will over write this. To avoid this create a property in the partner link. Right-Click the partner link select property tab, enter the logical directory name, e.g. OutboundDir and provide a value.
If you want to chnage this location dynamically during runtime follow Dipal's note.
cheers
James