Re: Biztalk 2004 - ftp adapter watching for multiple file masks

Hi Jeff,
We have over a 100 suppliers (not right now of course, they will be coming
on board over a period of a few months) and they are sending data via Secure
FTP. They are not allowed to see each others data and hence we are directing
each to a separate folder.

I need to pick up these files and then prepend a custom header and do some
transformations to a common format.

I was hoping to be able to set the port's main receive location to a parent
folder (since i can access the FTP folders via the network on the file system
(UNC)) and pick up all files (and also the context properties such as the
full file name and so on).

I could extend the custom adapter sample with a file watcher but was hoping
for an easier mechanism.

By the way, going back to the original question, if you had to set 3
locations (one for each mask) , would you have to do something like a convoy
to be able to pick up from three separate locations?

Cheers
Benjy

PS: By the way, great blog...

"Jeff Lynch" wrote:

> A single receive port can have multiple receive locations but I've never
> created 100 receive locations, only a few. The only limitation is a single
> map on the receive port.
>
> Why do you need 100 folders in an FTP site?
>
> --
> Jeff Lynch
> "A BizTalk Enthusiast"
> http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeff.lynch
>
>
> "BizTalk Benjamin" <BizTalkBenjamin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:2FC45845-4B09-4FC1-8DF0-BBA12C3713F6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Jeff,
> >
> > i've just been discussing a similar thing in the GENERAL newsgroup.
> > I need to create nearly a 100 folders and was hoping that I could set the
> > file adapter to watch for files in subfolders and I was just getting
> > convinced that I could not do this. [or is subfolder watching only
> > possible
> > in the FTP adapter]
> >
> > How can BizTalk monitor so many recieve locations in a single port?
> >
> > Can you give a bit more explanation on how we can set this up?
> >
> > Rgds
> > Benjy
> >
> > "Jeff Lynch" wrote:
> >
> >> Three receive locations with one common receive port should do it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jeff Lynch
> >> "A BizTalk Enthusiast"
> >> http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeff.lynch
> >>
> >>
> >> "pfeifest" <pfeifest@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1121118459.599875.106130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Hello-
> >> >
> >> > How can I specify my ftp adapter to watch a directory for 3 different
> >> > file masks: *.txt, *.edi, and *.ack?
> >> >
> >> > I have to imagine there is a way to specify that in the file mask field
> >> > but it keeps saying "Not Found". Or in the worst case do I need 3
> >> > receive locations?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks-
> >> >
> >> > pfeifest
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
.

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