File System Source System
Use
With the file system source system, you can monitor a specific directory locally on your computer or in another network drive and send the contents of files to one or multiple destination systems. In addition, you can read and write the contents of text files within enhanced notification processing.
In the PCo Management Console, you define which directory is to be monitored using the file system source system. If PCo finds a file that meets the configuration criteria that you specified in the PCo Management Console, PCo generates, for example, a notification message and sends it to the connected destination system. In this way you can transfer file contents to the destination system. The files can be text files or binary files. You can also define specific actions that can be performed for the files that were found, for example, renaming a file.
The file system source system supports the following functions:
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Processing of binary files
The content of binary files is sent to a destination system as a Base64-coded character string.
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Uploading of binary files (see: Upload Binary File Content)
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Selectable text encoding (“code pages”) for text files
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Reading and writing the contents of a text file within enhanced notification processing