Handling Conventions Required by Specific VANs
Each VAN has its own conventions and idiosyncrasies that you should be aware of when setting input parameters to the VAN:VANConnectivity:getFromVAN service to send EDI documents to a VAN, as well as when setting the input parameters to the VAN:VANConnectivity:putToVAN (VANFTP) service to retrieve EDI documents from a VAN.
For example:
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Some VANs require you to provide account names when connecting, while others do not.
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Some VANs have delineated inbound and outbound document boxes, while others do not.
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Some VANs support the retrieval of documents based on a file name pattern, while others do not.
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The availability and variety of reports, as well as the ways in which you access them, differs from VAN to VAN.