Script File Wizard Step 2 - Connect

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Script File Wizard Step 2 - Connect

 

The Connect screen displayed by the Script File Wizard is shown below:

 

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Connection Method

Select the method for connecting to the remote site.

Dail-Up Networking - Choose this option to use Dial-Up Networking to connect to the Internet for FTP file transfers. The connection to use is selected in the next field.

Use connection - Select the Dail-Up Networking connection to use for FTP file transfers. The connection must have been previously created. The connection shown initially was selected as the default during Robo-FTP configuration.

Direct Internet connection - Choose this option if you have a direct Internet connection (e.g. LAN, Cable, DSL, ISDN, etc.)

Script command reference: DIALNET

 

Site name

The identity of the remote site.  You may choose the name of a Robo-FTP managed site or enter the server's IP address or URL (ftp.acme-widget.com)

Script command reference: FTPLOGON

 

Time-out

Select the desired connection time-out value in seconds. If a connection cannot be established in this period of time, the connection operation fails and an error is reported. A time-out value of 0 means the connection attempt will never time-out.

 

On failure

If a connection fails, the script file you are creating can handle the failure in one of two ways:

Retry - Repeat the attempt to connect a specified number of times

Stop Immediately - No additional connection attempts

If you select the Exit option the script processing jumps to the exit logic defined in Step 5 after any retries are exhausted, otherwise script processing  simply stops.  If you select Display Message Box a popup dialog is displayed on failure.

 

Script command reference: LOOPTO, LOOPCOUNT, IFERROR, MESSAGEBOX, GOTO, STOP

 

 

See also: Script Programming, Script Commands, Script Language Features