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### Using the I-DEAS FTP Setup Dialog Box

I-DEAS FTP Setup Dialog Box

The I-DEAS FTP Setup dialog box allows you to set File Transfer Protocol (FTP) options and test FTP communications with the I-DEAS server computer. To increase the speed of file transfers from a remote I-DEAS host, PC-DMIS will attempt to use FTP. If an FTP server is not available on the I-DEAS host, a slower method of transferring the files through the communication protocol will be used. This slower method is about ten times slower than using FTP.

To ensure that PC-DMIS can transfer files via FTP to the I-DEAS host successfully, there are several items that must be checked:

- An FTP server must be running on the I-DEAS host. You can check that an FTP server is running by using a Command Prompt window to FTP to the host.

- Using FTP, reading a file from the I-DEAS scratch directory must be possible. Again, you can check this by using FTP a Command Prompt window and try to read a file from the I-DEAS scratch directory.

Here are the steps to determine the I-DEAS scratch directory:

1. From the I-DEAS session on the remote host, type the following command in the I-DEAS prompt window:

/ MA IDM

2. After entering the above command, information should be displayed in the I-DEAS list window. Near the bottom of the list window, you should see something similar to this:

DataMgmt.ScratchDirectory:

(null) -> e:\users\Dragon\

The text to the right of -> is the directory from which FTP must be able to read files. In this example, the scratch directory is e:\users\Dragon\.

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