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The two configuration formats are compared on this page.
Text-based file transfer configuration with settings.ini Files up to Release 1.10
File transfers are configured in JADE up to Release 1.10 in text-based settings.ini files.
A settings file contains a number of transfer profiles: these are blocks that contain the actual configuration parameters. As profiles can be used to specify other profiles, it is possible to develop a set of reusable '"configuration building blocks' " that can be set together as required.
The settings file and transfer profile to be used for a file transfer operation are specified when JADE is called.a command is sent to the JADE client.
Settings files can be configured using a text or code editor.
For further Information see:
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Limitations of the settings.ini file approach
Whilst this approach is relatively straightforward to understand when used with simple file transfer situations:
- it is prone to configuration errors and
- becomes difficult to understand and therefore maintain when advanced and complex file transfer configurations are implemented.
For further Information about configuring JADE using settings.ini approach see:
- The JADE Tutorials.
These provide a step by step guide to using configuring and running JADE. Tutorial examples are designed to use our online demo server and can therefore be tested with minimal configuration work. A configuration file is available for download to help you get the tutorials tutorial examples running as quickly as possible. - An Example JADE settings file with profiles
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Dependencies and conflicts between configuration elements are avoided through the use of an XSD schema.
We have written an XML editorEditor that will simplify the creation and validation of schema-compatible file transfer configurations.
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The following screen shot of the the SOS XML Editor shows the configuration for a Simple File Transfer with Basic Authentication example.
Although longer and seemingly more complex than
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a comparable configuration using the settings.ini approach (see The JADE Client Tutorial 1), the XML code for this example was produced using the
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XML editor and therefore has been validated against the JADE Client XSD Schema. It is
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therefore conflict free and dependencies are correctly specified.
Comparing Settings File and XML Configurations
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