The fields on the General tab typically remain unchanged unless you
need to 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. If no
port number is included in your trading partner's URL, default values are assumed.
- 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 Specifying default host directories 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 the
Cleo VLTrader and Cleo Harmony applications, 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 the VersaLex application 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.