The Transfer File Node identifies a set of files that need to be transferred from one application to another. Before the recepient application starts, these files are copied from the working directory for the originating application to the working directory for the recipient directory.
Configuring a transfer file node requires setting the following parameters:
Name: the name that will be used throughout modeFRONTIER to identify the transfer file node. The name must be unique within the set of node names, and must follow the guidelines for node names.
Description: the node description will appear as tooltip when the mouse stop over the node in the Work Flow canvas.
For each file that you want to transfer from the origin application, you need to type its name in the text box, and then click on the button next to it. The file will then be added to the list of files that appears at the top of the dialog box. To remove a file from the list, you simply need to select it from the list, and click on the button.
The Transfer file node input connector must be connected to the data output connector of one, and only one, node belonging to one of the following types:
The Transfer file node output connector can be connected to one, and only one, data input connector. This must belong to a node of the following types:
Three error messages can be associated with a transfer file node:
| 141 | NO TRANSFER FILE DEFINED | No file name has been specified |
| 112 | MISSING OUTPUT LINK(S) | The transfer file is not connected to a recipient application |
| 113 | MISSING INPUT LINK(S) | The transfer file is not connected to an origin node |