The host General tab for an AS3 Host contains the fields described in
detail below. The default values of these fields vary per generic or pre-configured
host. For pre-configured hosts, the fields on the General tab typically
remain unchanged unless you need to either connect through a forward proxy or change the
Default Directories.
- Server Address
- Either a fully qualified name (recommended) or an IP address.
- This is the address of your trading partner's server that will receive your messages.
- Port
- The port on the server where your trading partner will receive your messages.
- Default value: 80 for HTTP and
443 for HTTPs (SSL)
- Connection Type
- The kind of connection you want to use for this host.
- Possible values:
- System Default - See for information about setting the system default.
- Direct Internet Access or VPN - Use either a direct
connection to the internet or a VPN.
- Default value: System Default
- Forward Proxy
- The address of the forward proxy you want to use for this host.
- Select the System Default check box to use the default proxy.
See Configuring for a proxy for information about specifying a default
proxy.
- Default Directories
- Modify the default directories, if necessary. You can use macro variables from the
drop-down lists. See Using Macro Variables for a list
of the applicable macros (Default Host Directory context) and example usage. For Cleo VLTrader and Cleo Harmony, see URI File System interface overview for information about you can use a Cleo-provided or
custom URI for the Inbox and Outbox. See Specifying default host directories for
information about setting up system-level directories and custom directory macro
variables.
Note: If the host is has an external association, the default directories
might be managed outside of VersaLex and not shown here.
- Inbox
- Default directory for incoming files. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: inbox\
- Outbox
- Default directory for outgoing files. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: outbox\
- Sentbox
- If specified, default directory for retaining sent files. Files are a copy of
the original source file; any file manipulations performed as part of the send are
not reflected in the sentbox copies. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: No default value.
- Receivedbox
- If specified, default directory for retaining received files. Files are a copy
of the final destination file; any file manipulations performed as part of the
receive are reflected in the receivedbox copies. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: No default value.