Host
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Yes
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The host name or IP address of the FTP server.
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Port
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Yes
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The port number of the FTP server. For connections inside of a firewall, when no value is specified in this field, the default value is 21.
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User Name
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Yes
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The user name to use when logging into the FTP server.
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Password
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Yes
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The password to use when logging into the FTP server. This field is mandatory.
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Mode
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Yes
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Specify whether you want to use Active or Passive mode to connect to the FTP server.
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Connection Timeout (msec)
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Yes
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The timeout specified in this field (in milliseconds) applies to the following scenarios:
- Making the control socket connection to the FTP Server
- Making the data socket connection to the FTP server (passive mode)
- Waiting for the data socket connection from the FTP server (active mode)
- Reading a reply from control socket after sending a FTP control command
- Reading data from the data sockets
The default value is 60000 milliseconds.
If the specified time is reached when attempting any of these operations, the activity using this FTP connection terminates without error and takes any matching success transitions to the next activity in the process.
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Remote Filename Encoding
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None
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A drop-down list of values for specifying the character encoding of file names supplied to FTP commands using this connection.
The encoding specified in this field is used when sending path and file names supplied to FTP commands that use this
FTP Connection resource. Set this field when the FTP server has a different system encoding than the machine where the engine is running.
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Firewall
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Yes
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Specifies whether the FTP host resides outside of a firewall. Selecting this check box enables the
Proxy Host,
Proxy Port, and
Proxy User Name fields. If this check box is selected, you must supply the
Proxy Host and
Proxy Port fields with the name and the port of the proxy server used to access sites outside of a firewall.
You can optionally specify the user name and password for the proxy server, if required.
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Proxy Host
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Yes
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Specifies the host name or IP address of the firewall server. This is used when the remote FTP server is outside of a firewall.
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Proxy Port
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Yes
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Specifies the port number of the firewall server. This is used when the remote FTP server is outside of a firewall.
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Proxy User Name
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Yes
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Specifies the user name to use to connect to the proxy server, if necessary. This is used when the remote FTP server is outside of a firewall.
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Proxy Password
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Yes
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Specifies the password to use for the specified user name when connecting to the proxy server, if necessary. This is used when the remote FTP server is outside of a firewall.
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