FTP activity group

FTP Delete

The FTP Delete function deletes a remote file on an FTP site.

Options

Options
Field Name	Field Type	Value
FTP File	Text or Field	File to be deleted For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the full path to the file on the FTP site (e.g., `ftp.xyz.com/fileFolder/fileSubFolder/…/fileName.extension`). For Field Type = Field: The path to the file is taken from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.
sPassword	Text	Login password for the FTP site Click the Value field and enter your password. After clicking Ok, your password will appear in the Value field as a random string of characters.
UID	Text or Field	Your FTP site user name For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name. For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Field Name

Field Type

Value

FTP File

Text or Field

File to be deleted

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the full path to the file on the FTP site (e.g., ftp.xyz.com/fileFolder/fileSubFolder/…/fileName.extension).
For Field Type = Field: The path to the file is taken from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

sPassword

Text

Click the Value field and enter your password.

After clicking Ok, your password will appear in the Value field as a random string of characters.

UID

Text or Field

Your FTP site user name

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name.
For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Output
Output Field	Deleted - whether the file was successfully deleted	Field Prefix	Blank

Output

Output Field

Deleted - whether the file was successfully deleted

Field Prefix

Blank

FTP Fetch

The FTP Fetch activity retrieves a file from an FTP site.

Options
Field Name	Field Type	Value
bUse Binary	Text	Format of the file to be retrieved from the FTP site. Field Type is set permanently to Text. Click the Value field. In the OptionForm window, select Y for binary, or N for text.
fsFile	Text or Field	Save location and name of the fetched file For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field. In the Save As window, browse to the location where the file is to be saved, and enter the desired filename in the File name field Note: The extension of the source file name will not be added automatically. You must include the extension in the destination file name. For Field Type = Field: The Save As path and file name are supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.
FTP Host	Text or Field	FTP site address For Field Type = Text: In the Value field, enter the address of the FTP site. For Field Type = Field: The FTP address is supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.
sPassword	Text	FTP site login password Click the Value field and enter your password. After clicking Ok, your password appears in the Value field as a random string of characters.
UID	Text or Field	Your FTP site user name For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name. For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Options

Field Name

Field Type

Value

bUse Binary

Text

Format of the file to be retrieved from the FTP site. Field Type is set permanently to Text.

Click the Value field. In the OptionForm window, select Y for binary, or N for text.

fsFile

Text or Field

Save location and name of the fetched file

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field. In the Save As window, browse to the location where the file is to be saved, and enter the desired filename in the File name field

Note: The extension of the source file name will not be added automatically. You must include the extension in the destination file name.
For Field Type = Field: The Save As path and file name are supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

FTP Host

Text or Field

FTP site address

For Field Type = Text: In the Value field, enter the address of the FTP site.
For Field Type = Field: The FTP address is supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

sPassword

Text

FTP site login password

Click the Value field and enter your password.

After clicking Ok, your password appears in the Value field as a random string of characters.

UID

Text or Field

Your FTP site user name

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name.
For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Output
Output Field	FTP Status - was the file fetched successfully?	Field Prefix	Blank

Output

Output Field

FTP Status - was the file fetched successfully?

Field Prefix

Blank

FTP Rename

The FTP Rename activity renames a remote file on an FTP site.

Options

Options
Field Name	Field Type	Value
FTP File	Text or Field	File to be renamed For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the full path to the file on the FTP site (e.g., `ftp.xyz.com/fileFolder/fileSubFolder/…/fileName.extension`). For Field Type = Field: The path to the file is taken from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.
sPassword	Text	FTP site login password Click the Value field and enter your password. After clicking Ok, your password appears in the Value field as a random string of characters.
Target File	Text or Field	New file name For Field Type = Text: Click in the Value field and enter the new file name. For Field Type = Field: The new file name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.
UID	Text or Field	Your FTP site user name For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name. For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Field Name

Field Type

Value

FTP File

Text or Field

File to be renamed

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the full path to the file on the FTP site (e.g., ftp.xyz.com/fileFolder/fileSubFolder/…/fileName.extension).
For Field Type = Field: The path to the file is taken from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

sPassword

Text

FTP site login password

Click the Value field and enter your password.

After clicking Ok, your password appears in the Value field as a random string of characters.

Target File

Text or Field

New file name

For Field Type = Text: Click in the Value field and enter the new file name.
For Field Type = Field: The new file name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click in the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

UID

Text or Field

Your FTP site user name

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name.
For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Output
Output Field	Renamed - whether the file was successfully renamed	Field Prefix	Blank

Output

Output Field

Renamed - whether the file was successfully renamed

Field Prefix

Blank

FTP Send

The FTP Send activity sends a file to an FTP site.

Options
Field Name	Field Type	Value
bUse Binary	Text	Format of the file to be sent to the FTP site. Field Type is set permanently to Text. Click the Value field. In the OptionForm window, select Y for binary, or N for text.
foFile	Text or Field	Name of the file to be sent to the FTP site For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field. In the Open window, browse to and select the file. For Field Type = Field: The file name is specified by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select a field name from the Available Fields window.
FTP Host	Text or Field	FTP site address For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the address of the FTP site. For Field Type = Field: The FTP address is supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select a field name from the Available Fields window.
Rename To	Text or Field	The Rename To option is an optional field to specify a new name for the file to be sent to the FTP site. For Field Type = Text: In the Value field, enter the desired name and extension for the file. For Field Type = Field: The filename is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field, and then select a field name from the Available Fields window.
sPassword	Text	FTP site login password Click the Value field and enter your password.
UID	Text or Field	Your FTP site user name For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name. For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Options

Field Name

Field Type

Value

bUse Binary

Text

Format of the file to be sent to the FTP site. Field Type is set permanently to Text.

Click the Value field. In the OptionForm window, select Y for binary, or N for text.

foFile

Text or Field

Name of the file to be sent to the FTP site

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field. In the Open window, browse to and select the file.
For Field Type = Field: The file name is specified by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select a field name from the Available Fields window.

FTP Host

Text or Field

FTP site address

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter the address of the FTP site.
For Field Type = Field: The FTP address is supplied by the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select a field name from the Available Fields window.

Rename To

Text or Field

The Rename To option is an optional field to specify a new name for the file to be sent to the FTP site.

For Field Type = Text: In the Value field, enter the desired name and extension for the file.
For Field Type = Field: The filename is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field, and then select a field name from the Available Fields window.

sPassword

Text

FTP site login password

Click the Value field and enter your password.

UID

Text or Field

Your FTP site user name

For Field Type = Text: Click the Value field and enter your user name.
For Field Type = Field: The user name is provided from the output of a previous activity. Click the Value field and select an option from the Available Fields window.

Output
Output Field	Send Status	Field Prefix	Blank

Output

Output Field

Send Status

Field Prefix

Blank