Setting the configuration file properties
When you create and name a new connector configuration
file, or when you open an existing connector configuration file,
Connector Configurator Express displays a configuration screen with
tabs for the categories of required configuration values.
Connector Configurator Express requires values for properties
in these categories for connectors running on all brokers:
- Standard Properties
- Connector-specific Properties
- Supported Business Objects
- Trace/Log File values
- Data Handler (applicable for connectors that use JMS messaging
with guaranteed event delivery)
Note:
For connectors that use JMS messaging, an additional
category may display, for configuration of data handlers that convert
the data to business objects.
For connectors running on InterChange Server Express, values
for these properties are also required:
Important:
Connector Configurator Express accepts property values
in either English or non-English character sets. However, the names
of both standard and connector-specific properties, and the names
of supported business objects, must use the English character set
only.
Standard properties differ from connector-specific properties
as follows:
- Standard properties of a connector are shared by both the application-specific
component of a connector and its broker component. All connectors
have the same set of standard properties. These properties are described
in Appendix A of each adapter guide. You can change some but not
all of these values.
- Application-specific properties apply only to the application-specific
component of a connector, that is, the component that interacts
directly with the application. Each connector has application-specific properties
that are unique to its application. Some of these properties provide
default values and some do not; you can modify some of the default
values. The installation and configuration chapters of each adapter
guide describe the application-specific properties and the recommended
values.
The fields for Standard Properties and Connector-Specific Properties are
color-coded to show which are configurable:
- A field with a grey background indicates a standard property.
You can change the value but cannot change the name or remove the
property.
- A field with a white background indicates an application-specific
property. These properties vary according to the specific needs
of the application or connector. You can change the value and delete
these properties.
- Value fields are configurable.
- The Update Method field is displayed for
each property. It indicates whether a component or agent restart
is necessary to activate changed values. You cannot configure this
setting.
