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TCP Open Connection

Activity

The TCP Open Connection activity opens a connection to a TCP server. After establishing the connection, the activity places a handle to the open connection in the connectionKey output element. This connection key can be used by subsequent activities in the process definition to read data from, write data to, or close the connection.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field	Global Var?	Description
Name	No	The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.
Description	No	Short description of the activity.
TCP Connection	No	The TCP Connection shared configuration resource that describes the TCP server you want to connect to.
Local Host	No	Specifies the IP address on the local machine that you want to use for the TCP client.

Input

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about mapping and transforming input data.

The input for the activity is the following.

Input Item	Datatype	Description
connection	complex	A complex element that contains the information about the TCP server you want to connect to.
host	String	The name or IP address of the TCP server you want to connect to. This value overrides the value specified by the TCP Connection resource on the Configuration tab.
port	number	The port number on which the TCP server is listening for requests. This value overrides the value specified by the TCP Connection resource on the Configuration tab.

Output

The output for the activity is the following.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
connection	binary	The handle to the open connection. This connection can be used by subsequent activities in the process definition to specify the TCP connection to write data to, read data from, or close.

 

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