Rpv queue connection utility

This program is designed to prepare the CNX files to connect to an external FTP queue.
The CNX files are files that contains the necessary data to connect to an FTP server and it is used by the Rpv Print Server.

The figure shows the utility creating a connection file. The connection file (CNX) will be encrypted to hide the data needed to connect to the server.

How to create or edit a CNX file.

• First you need to know is the name of the FTP server or its IP address and specify it in the host field. The utility works with the name or the IP address.
  It is possible to provide the IP address with numbers (e.g. 192.168.1.100) or with the name.
   
• Specify the username and password and the directory which will be the queue directory.
  
• Click on file and the on save or save as option to save the file into the disk.
   
• Test the connection. It is very important to test the connection before using it to avoid problems.
  It is possible that you are prompted by a firewall to authorize Rpvconnect.exe to connect through the network. The program must be authorized to success.
   

Queue directory

The queue directory that must be specified is the directory as is seen by any FTP program.
For example, folder / for the FTP server could not be / for a Unix/Linux server. That depends on how the FTP server is configured.
We strongly suggest to check the configuration of the FTP server before using this feature.
It is very important also to specify a dedicated directory and not a shared one. The Rpv print server will delete all the files once they have been printed.

Field Pattern

This field is optional but is very useful for unix based systems. This field specified that the program will manage the reports that satisfy the pattern in the following way:

If pattern is set to "inv,g,h,p", the print server will retrieve and print/show "inv*" and "g*" and "h*" and "p*".
After the process, the files that have been retrieved will be deleted from the server.
In case that Pattern is set, the files to be retrieved and deleted will be only Rpv, Rpx, Rpd, Txt, Lst and Prn. Other files will not be affected (such as images and includes).

Important

It is important to remmark that the user must have all the rights over the queue directory to delete all those files as they are printed. If user didn't have enought rights (for example can't delete files), server will print the reports in queue time after time until the files disappear from that directory.

Testing connection.

It is strongly recommended to check if the CNX file works properly by selecting the Test connection option in the file menu.

This process will perform a test over the ftp server to know if server exists, if it is possible to connect, and if the user has enought permission to write, read and delete files from it. Another important process that will be performed is the checking of the directory.

We recommend to use a CNX file only if the tests have been successful.