Retrieve Specific Files from a FTP server via FTP protocol

 

To retrieve specific files from a FTP server via FTP, complete the following steps:

1. Check out and open the process.
   
   
2. In the Toolbox pane, click Internet. A list of activities is displayed.
   
   
3. Double-click or drag the FTP Get File activity into the process.
   
   
4. Link the activity appropriately with other activities in the process.
   
   
5. Right-click the FTP Get File activity. A shortcut menu is displayed.
   
   
6. Select View Properties. The FTP Get File window is displayed.
   
   
7. Click the FTP Server tab. The corresponding screen is displayed.
   
   
8. In the FTP Directory field, select the appropriate System Resource that contains the connection information for the FTP server which contains the file you are trying to retrieve.
   
   
9. Click the Files To Get tab. The corresponding screen is displayed.
   
   
10. In order to retrieve specific files, select the Get Specific Files check box and select the appropriate field editor and set the field to a value that is a file name or a subset of a file name.
    
    
11. You have the option to retrieve using a collection of file names or by using individual rows to contain file names. To use the collection data item for retrieval, select the Select Collection Data Item check box. The first field contains the name of the collection data item that you will use with this selection. The second field contains the data item in the collection that will be used to store the name of the file to retrieve.
    
    
12. To retrieve multiple files without using a collection, select the Select the NonCollection Data Item check box and select the appropriate input field editor and the set the field to a value that is a file name.
    
    

    Note:

    Add more files by clicking the plus sign (+) until you have added all of the required files to be retrieved. Click the minus sign (-) to remove a file.