Running I/O Delegator in File mode

To run I/O Delegator in File mode, you must:

•	Create a Directory input Connector.

•	Create a File output Connector.

•	Configure the File output connector. See To configure the File output Connector.

•	Start I/O Delegator in File mode.

For Windows, see To start I/O Delegator in File mode in Windows.

For UNIX, see To start I/O Delegator in File mode in UNIX

To configure the File output Connector

1	Open the Input Connector Settings dialog box for the File output connector.

2	Enter a File name that exactly matches the name of the incoming file.

Note:

You must use a script function to retrieve the name of this file, For example $fileName=”stdout\” + CurrInFileName().

To start I/O Delegator in File mode in Windows

1	Open a command prompt and browse to the directory where strsIoDelegator.exe is located.

2	Enter the following command:

StrsIODelegator -filemode <argument2>...<argumentN>.

For a description of I/O Delegator arguments, see I/O Delegator arguments.

You can use either of the following methods to specify arguments for I/O Delegator:

•	Entering the arguments directly on the command line.

•	Entering the arguments in a file and specifying this file as an argument.

Note:

If you specify the same argument more than once with different options, only the last argument will be used.

For a description of the File mode arguments, see File mode arguments.

Example 5

Starting I/O Delegator in File mode in Windows

In this example you start I/O Delegator specifying the following:

•

File mode

•	The input spool directory

•	The output directory

•	An XML file that will be converted by StreamServer to a PDF file.

StrsIODelegator -filemode -sid ./spool -sod ./out -input ./grb/filein.xml -output ./iodelout/fileout.pdf

 

To start I/O Delegator in File mode in UNIX

1	Open a command prompt and browse to the directory where strsIoDelegator.exe is located.

2	Enter the following command:

./StreamServe StrsIODelegator -filemode <argument2>...<argumentN>.

For a description of I/O Delegator arguments, see I/O Delegator arguments.

You can use either of the following methods to specify arguments for I/O Delegator:

•	Entering the arguments directly on the command line.

•	Entering the arguments in a file and specifying this file as an argument.

Note:

If you specify the same argument more than once with different options, only the last argument will be used.

For a description of the File mode arguments, see File mode arguments.

Example 6

Starting I/O Delegator in File mode in UNIX

In this example you start I/O Delegator specifying the following:

•

File mode

•	The input spool directory

•	The output directory

•	An XML file that will be converted by StreamServer to a PDF file.

./StreamServe StrsIODelegator -filemode -sid ./spool -sod ./out -input ./grb/filein.xml -output ./iodelout/fileout.pdf