File transfer with openFT is initiated by a file transfer request. In the file transfer request, you make entries to specify the partner system, the transfer direction, the file name and file properties. Given the variety of hardware and software platforms supported, the values specified are subject to various different conventions applicable to the operating systems involved in file transfer. Which files can be transferred between two computers depends on whether the file transfer partners are running identical operating systems (homogeneous link), or different operating systems (heterogeneous link). If a partner using the FTAM functionality is involved in file transfer, the link is a heterogeneous one as a rule. The file management offered by openFT allows you to delete, rename files, or change file attributes before or after file transmission or even without file transfer.
The use of the FTAC functionality offers you not only security benefits, but also allows you to make your file transfer operating system independent (see the section "Features of the FTAC function"), provided the appropriate FTAC settings exist on the processors involved in the file transfer.
Entries for file transfer requests
The following sections give you an overview of the entries you have to make for a file transfer request. They are divided into a local, a remote and an optional part. In the local part, you specify the local file name, if necessary, with the directory name and the file passwords. In the remote part, you define the remote file name, the partner computer and the access to this processor (login name and, if necessary, the account number and password or transfer admission). In the optional part, you have the option of specifying transfer modalities, such as file types, and follow-up processing requests, for example.