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Use of the JADE Client will be significantly changed with the introduction of an XSD schema and XML configuration files with Release 1.11. The use of the schema is intended to This will significantly simplify file transfer configuration for the Client - particularly for complex file transfer situations.

File transfer configurations specified for The settings file configurations used with Client Releases up to 1.10.x will need to be modified before they can be run with Releases 1.11 onwards.

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

The schema uses a standardized parameter syntax and the majority of parameter names will be changed to a greater or lesser degree with its the introduction of the schema.

A parameter mapping is available for users wishing to compare settings file and XML file transfer configurations or refer to settings file parameters in the XML parameter reference.

settings.ini file transfer configuration - available up to Release 1.10.x

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

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  • 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 demonstration FTP and SFTP servers. A download containing a configuration file for the tutorial examples is also available.
  • A Parameter Reference and a Parameter Mapping table are also available

XML-based file transfer configuration - available from Release 1.11 onwards

The XML file transfer configuration introduced with Release 1.11 of JADE allows parameter dependencies in JADE to be validated before the configuration file is transferred to an operating environment.

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The basic principles behind the organization of the schema and parameters will be described in on this documentpage. A detailed description of individual parameters can be found in our Parameter Reference and a description of the considerations involved in configuration of a simple file transfer can be found in the Simple File Transfer with Basic Authentication example.

The following screen shot of the SOS XML Editor shows the test host configuration of a simple FTP file transfer example described in the previous section in the SOS XML Editor:- in this case files are downloaded from the SOS demo server to the local file system.

  • The left hand pane of the Editor shows the

The following code block shows the XML configuration file for the test host FTP file transfer example shown in the XML Editor screen shot above in XML form:

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