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Introduction

The JADE Client can be operated from the command line and batch files. In addition it can be operated by jobs that are provided as part of the SOS JobScheduler's JITL library and an API is available for integration with other applications.
This section of the User Manual will concentrate on using the Client via the JADE Command Line Interface.

XML Based Configuration

Use of the JADE Client will be significantly changed with the introduction of an XML schema configuration with In order to allow checking of the validity of the (possibly complex) parameter sets required for more sophisticated file transfer situations, an XML schema will be introduced for version 1.11. The use of this schema is intended to simplify file transfer configuration for the Client - particularly for complex file transfer situations.

The XML schema will use a standardized parameter syntax and many the majority of parameter names will change be changed to a greater or lesser degree with its introduction. File transfers transfer configurations specified for Client versions up to 1.10.x will need to be modified before they can be run with versions 1.11 onwards.

A parameter mapping ...

File transfer configuration up to Version 1.10.x

File transfer configurations are stored in a settings.ini file.

Individual parameters are grouped together in profiles that can be reused and allow a 'single point of definition' approach to be followed.

Parameters that can be defined separately for the source and target parts of the transfer - for example, the host name and port number - are set with the source_ and target_ prefixes.

This is illustrated in the following example profile:

[ftp_server_2_local]
;;
 operation               = copy
;;
 source_host             = test.sos-berlin.com
 source_protocol         = ftp
 source_port             = 21
 source_user             = demo
 source_password         = demo
 source_dir              = /
;;
 target_host             = localhost
 target_protocol         = local
 target_dir              = ${USERPROFILE}\jade_demo\a

Detailed descriptions of the parameter configuration and the use of profiles is available in our JADE Tutorials. These include examples that can be tested using our test FTP and SFTP servers. A download containing a configuration file for the tutorial examples is also available.

File transfer configuration from Version 1.11 onwards

The XML schema that will be introduced with version 1.11 of JADE will allow parameter dependencies in JADE to be checked before transfer configurations are tested.

An XML editor is available that will simplify the creation and validation of schema-compatible file transfer configurations.

The schema takes account of interdependencies and incompatibilities between parameters and therefore significantly reduces the chances for configuration errors.

A graphical editor is available that will generate XML file transfer configuration files for the JADE Client.

A parameter mapping is available for users wishing to compare settings file and XML file transfer configurations.