Trading Networks 10.3 | Administering and Monitoring B2B Transactions | Trading Networks Administrator's Guide | Getting Started | Sending Documents to Trading Networks | Sending Documents to Your Trading Networks from Another System
 
Sending Documents to Your Trading Networks from Another System
If a trading partner does not have its own Trading Networks, the partner must use an application that communicates with the host Integration Server to send documents to Trading Networks. This application is called an IS client. Clients can be Java, C/C++, or browser based.
If sending an XML document, the client must invoke the wm.tn:receive service. If sending a flat file document, the client must invoke a document gateway service, and the gateway service must invoke the wm.tn:receive service.
Business documents exchanged in Trading Networks are stored in the database. If these documents contain personal information of users, you can remove those documents using the archival services. See Archiving and Deleting Documents for instructions to archive and delete documents.
Clients can send documents to Trading Networks service using the methods listed in the following table:
Method
Client
Post an XML or flat file document to the Integration Server through HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, or SMTP.
Any type except browser based
Submit an XML document in the $xmldata variable.
Any type
Send an XML or flat file document by invoking a Web service you publish.
Any type
You can create a Web service using any Integration Server service. The service you use to create the Web service must internally invoke the wm.tn:receive service.
The following table lists the links for additional reading:
Subject
See
Creating and publishing Web services
Web Services Developer’s Guide
Creating clients
webMethods Service Development Help
Passing XML data to services
webMethods Service Development Help
Security for this type of document exchange