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This operator sample illustrates the use of the TIBCO StreamBase® operator for FTP by sending an FTP client GET command to an FTP server to retrieve a file.
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First, ensure that you have imported the sample by following the section above: Importing This Sample into StreamBase Studio.
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This sample is ready to run out of the box. Click the Run button to start the application and enter the SB Test/Debug perspective.
Enter no values and press .
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Press F9 or click the
Stop Running Application button.
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Refresh your project, by selecting the project from the resource menu and pressing F5.
You should notice that there is now a new file in your project. This was the file retrieved via the FTP
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Restart the application
In the field
cmd, enter the valueFREE_FORMand press .You should see, in the Output Streams tab, that the
objectfield contains two numbers. The first is the server response code and the second is the size of the file that you just retrieved, in bytes. -
Experiment with different values for
cmd,local,remoteand the operator properties.If you want to have more functionality, be sure to change the
Server hostname,UsernameandPasswordoperator properties to a server on which you have write access.
In StreamBase Studio, import this sample with the following steps:
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From the top menu, select → .
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Select
FTP Operatorfrom the Extending StreamBase category. -
Click OK.
StreamBase Studio creates a single project containing the sample files.
When you load the sample into StreamBase Studio, Studio copies the sample project's files to your Studio workspace, which is normally part of your home directory, with full access rights.
Important
Load this sample in StreamBase Studio, and thereafter use the Studio workspace copy of the sample to run and test it, even when running from the command prompt.
Using the workspace copy of the sample avoids the permission problems that can occur when trying to work with the initially installed location of the sample. The default workspace location for this sample is:
studio-workspace/sample_ftpSee Default Installation Directories for the location of studio-workspace on your system.
In the default TIBCO StreamBase installation, this sample's files are initially installed in:
streambase-install-dir/sample/ftpSee Default Installation Directories for the default location of studio-workspace on your system.