IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter manual Using an existing file

appropriate type for your broker--either ICS or WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker (for WMQI). If it does not, change the broker value before you configure the connector. To do so:

1.Under the Standard Properties tab, select the value field for the BrokerType property. In the drop-down menu, select the value WMQI or ICS.

2.The Standard Properties tab refreshes to display properties associated with the selected broker. When you save the file, you retain this broker selection. You can save the file now or proceed to complete the remaining configuration fields, as described in “Setting the configuration file properties (WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker)” on page 68.

3.When you have finished making entries in the configuration fields, choose File>Save>To Project or File>Save>To File.

If you are saving to file, choose *.cfg as the extension, choose the correct location for the file and choose Save.

If multiple connector configurations are open, choose Save All to File to save all of the configurations to file, or choose Save All to Project to save all ICS connector configurations to a System Manager project.

Before it saves the file, Connector Configurator validates that values have been set for all required Standard properties. If a required Standard property is missing a value, Connector Configurator displays a message that the validation failed. You must supply a value for the property in order to save the configuration file.

Using an existing file

You may have an existing file available in one or more of the following formats:

vA connector definition file. This is a text file that lists properties and applicable default values for a specific connector. Some connectors include such a file in a \repository directory in their delivery package (the file typically has the extension .txt; for example, CN_XML.txt for the XML connector).

vAn ICS repository file. Definitions used in a previous ICS implementation of the connector may be available to you in a repository file that was used in the configuration of that connector. Such a file typically has the extension .in or

.out.

vA previous configuration file for the connector. Such a file typically has the extension *.cfg.

Although any of these file sources may contain most or all of the connector-specific properties for your connector, the connector configuration file will not be complete until you have opened the file and set properties, as described later in this chapter.

To use an existing file to configure a connector, you must open the file in Connector Configurator, revise the configuration, and then save the file as a configuration file (*.cfg file).

Follow these steps to open a *.txt, *.cfg, or *.in file from a directory:

1.In Connector Configurator, choose File > Open > From File.

2.In the Open File Connector dialog, choose one of the following file types to see the available files:

v Configuration (*.cfg)

vICS Repository (*.in, *.out)

Choose this option if a repository file was used to configure the connector in an ICS environment. A repository file may include multiple connector definitions, all of which will display when you open the file.

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