it looks like the connection string property is the one to set in a flat file connector , not name.   this might be the answer.

i put this check into the initial component which is the script and at least fileList is showing (via msg box) that it is populated correctly.   i have to figure...

i just learned that if u highlight a file in winscp, rt click and choose download, ...basically following the directions at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45726100/code-to-download-file-from-ftp-with-winscp-net-assembly-does-not-connect-but-i  , winscp will generate even the put or...

thx steve, but such a surrogate would then federate/distribute the data kind of like a spider web to consuming/subscriber systems that register their needs.  i think the old term was...

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thx Ruben, luckily (i think) , our users would be more confused by near real time updates than not.  we arent an airlines.   i think you have to agree that...

thx dbruton, i have a feeling that when folks throw micro services at challenges like this to push rather than pull data, its completely possible that pooling isnt happening.  i...

thx all, i'm going to try to digest all of this.   And post back here.  This post has already opened my eyes to a possible benefit of api's in that...

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thx phil, how did you learn anything then without breakpoints working?  msgboxes?

thx phil, are direct worse?

i think we get it frederico. thx.

 i think you are saying the source is a .bak.  and then various etl tools can  be used to copy that to a local...