Setup MQ File Transfer with Ant
Prerequistes confirm that an agent has been created and is running.
Step 1: Open Websphere MQ Explorer
Select Window à Preferences
Select the WebSphere MQ Explorer tab.
Select the radio button next to “in an Eclipse Workbench” under Startup. This will enable the WebSphere MQ Explorer to be used for other perspectives, such as Resource, Java, and the debug perspective.
Step 2: Now click on General Editors File Associations.
Step 3: Add New File Type
Press Default button
Press OK
Step 4: Change MQ Explorer Perspective -> Resource
Step 5: Modify Ant Runtime environment
Navigate to Windows -> Perference menu item
Expand the Ant folder.
Select the Runtime folder.
Select the Global Entries folder.
Press the Add External JAR’s… button.
Navigate to Navigate to *\WMQFTE\lib folder and add all the jars.
Step 6: Set Ant Home
(Follow on Step 5)Click the Ant Home button and navigate to *\WMQFTE\ant
Click OK to close the Preference window
Step 7: Import Ant Project
Select File->New->Other->Java Program from Exisiting Ant Build File
Step 8: Execute Ant File
<?xml version=’1.0′?>
<project xmlns:fte=”antlib:com.ibm.wmqfte.ant.taskdefs” name=”FTECOPY1″ default=”job” basedir=”.” >
<description> Simple FTE Transfer </description>
<!– set global properties for this FTE JOB –>
<target name=”init” description=”Set Global variables”>
<property name=”srcfile” value=”d:\Applications\disk1\File4.txt” />
<property name=”dstfile” value=”c:\File4.txt” />
<property name=”SNODE” value=”AGT1WIN@QM_AGENTHOST1″/>
<property name=”DNODE” value=”AGT1WIN@QM_AGENTHOST1″/>
<property name=”cmdqm” value=”QM_CMD1″/>
<property name=”jobName” value=”FTECOPY1″ />
<property name=”departId” value=”Demo” />
<fte:uuid length=”8″ property=”jobNumber” />
</target>
<target name=”step1″ depends=”init” description=”Transfer file”>
<fte:filecopy cmdqm=”${cmdqm}”
src=”${SNODE}” dst=”${DNODE}”
outcome=”await”
idproperty=”uuid.property_1″
jobname=”${jobName}”
rcproperty=”step1.result”>
<fte:metadata>
<fte:entry name=”departId” value=”${departId}” />
<fte:entry name=”jobNumber” value=”${jobNumber}” />
</fte:metadata>
<fte:filespec srcfilespec=”${srcfile}” dstfile=”${dstfile}” overwrite=”true”/>
</fte:filecopy>
</target>
<target name=”check1″ depends=”step1″ description=”Check return code and set variables”>
<condition property=”step1-failed”>
<not>
<equals arg1=”${step1.result}” arg2=”0″ />
</not>
</condition>
<fail if=”step1-failed”
message=”step1 transfer failed MAXRC=${step1.result}.”>
</fail>
<echo message=”The FTE transfer has succeeded!” />
</target>
<target name=”job” depends=”init, step1,check1″ />
</project>
Step 9: Run Ant File
Right click on ant xml file and select Run As -> Ant Build
An sucessful transfer output:
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