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IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Lotus® Connectors
Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
Lotus® Connectors and Connectivity Guide
Chapter 6 Lotus® Connector for File System
This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for File System, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
Supported characteristics of the Connector for File System
The following list captures supported characteristics of the Lotus® Connector for File System.

IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Domino® Designer templates
  The templates described in the following table are available with Domino® Designer and are specifically intended for use by application developers.
- Importing to and exporting from views
- Developing applications using MAPI
  Domino® Designer Release 6 and later supports the messaging application program interface (MAPI), which allows mail integration between Domino and a MAPI-compliant messaging application, such as Microsoft™ Outlook, Microsoft Office applications, or user-written C++ programs.
- Features to avoid using in Web applications
  Developers creating applications specifically for the Web, or for the dual purpose of serving Notes® and Web clients, should review the following tables for features that are not supported on the Web.
- URL commands for Web applications
  You have a variety of options for programming a Web site. You can directly manipulate objects such as documents or views in an application using Domino® URL commands. Adding Domino URL commands as HTML in forms gives users shortcuts for navigating databases and performing other tasks quickly.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Composite Applications - Design and Management
  Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.
- DB2® Access views
  Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:
- Programming Overview and User Interface
  This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
- Formula Language
  This section documents the formula language.
- LotusScript® Language
  Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.
- LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
- Java/CORBA Classes
  This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.
- Lotus® Connectors
  Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
  - Lotus® Connectors and Connectivity Guide
    - Chapter 1 DCTEST and CONTEST
      This chapter provides information about DCTEST and CONTEST. These programs test system and application connectivity to external data sources.
    - Chapter 2 Connectivity
      This chapter provides instructions and information for setting up and testing connectivity to the following database systems:
    - Chapter 3 Introduction to Lotus® Connectors
      This chapter provides introductory information about each of the supplied IBM® Lotus® connectors.
    - Chapter 4 Lotus® Connector for Notes®
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for Notes®, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 5 Lotus® Connector for DB2®
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for DB2®, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 6 Lotus® Connector for File System
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for File System, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
      - Introduction to the Lotus® Connector for File System
        The Lotus® Connector for File System allows you to connect to the file system on the server on which IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI) is installed. The Lotus Connector for File System cannot be used with LEI Virtual Documents or Virtual Agents activities.
      - Connector for File terminology
        The following table lists IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI) terms and the corresponding terms used by the Lotus® Connector for File System.
      - Supported characteristics of the Connector for File System
        The following list captures supported characteristics of the Lotus® Connector for File System.
      - File System Connection Document for LEI
        The File System connection document defines a connection to an external file. connection documents enable you to define your system connections. They contain access information for specific databases and users. When you create an activity, you make connection choices from your set of defined connections.
      - Fields in the LEI Connection Document - 3
        See the following tables for descriptions of the connection document fields.
      - File System Connection Document for DECS
        The File System connection document defines a connection to an external file. Connection documents enable you to define your system connections. They contain access information for specific databases and users. When you create an activity, you make connection choices from your set of defined connections.
      - Fields in the DECS Connection Document - Connectivity and Subdirectory Selection options
        The connection document provides values for Connectivity and Subdirectory Selection options. The fields in the Domino® Enterprise Connection Services (DECS) connection document are described as follows.
      - Considerations for the Lotus® Connector for File System
        Consider the following information when using the Lotus® Connector for File System.
      - File System Metadata
        The metadata for a File record is significantly different from many other IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI) and Domino® Enterprise Connection Services (DECS) connections. There is a single record description (metadata) with set fields of set types. These fields are shown in the following table.
    - Lotus® Connector for ODBC
      For complete information on the Lotus® Connector for ODBC, refer to the documentation on the Notes® Domino® Application Development wiki.
    - Chapter 8 Lotus® Connector for Oracle
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for Oracle, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 9 Lotus® Connector for OLE DB
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for OLE DB, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 10 Lotus® Connector for Sybase
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for Sybase, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 11 Lotus® Connector for Text
      This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for Text, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
    - Chapter 12 Metaconnectors for LEI
      This chapter provides an introduction to LEI Metaconnectors and contains information for creating and using the different types of Metaconnectors.
  - LSX for Lotus® Connectors
    LotusScrip Extensions for Lotus® Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Lotus Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
  - Accessing external databases through LS:DO
    LS:DO has been in maintenance mode since R5. Developers are advised not to use it. Developers should use the Lotus® Connector LSX for (LCLSX) when accessing external data sources.
- Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs
  As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.

Supported characteristics of the Connector for File System

The following list captures supported characteristics of the Lotus® Connector for File System.

For a definition of the terms used in this section, see "Supported Connector Characteristics - List of Terms" in Chapter 3 of this manual. If you are accessing the Connector programmatically, see the Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions Guide for more information.

Writeback support -- Full
Writeback index -- N/A
Statement syntax -- File specification with optional wild cards
Condition syntax -- File specification with optional wild cards
Array transfer -- None
Actions supported -- Clear, Reset, Truncate
Catalog types -- Database, Metadata, Field
Create types -- Database, Metadata
Drop types -- Database, Metadata

All connections have a set of properties with values that can be assigned and retrieved. See the Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions Guide for a list of supported properties for each Connector. Also see the "Common Connector Properties" and "LCConnection Properties" sections in the LCConnection Class chapter of that same manual.

Note: Since the only key supported by the Lotus® Connector for File System is the Filename field, the Replication activities must use this as the key field.