Starting SOFiE

There are two ways to use SOFiE.

GUI mode: use of a graphical user interface to control your file exchanges in an interfactive fashion. It can be laucnhed using JavaWebstart or "bat" files on Windows, shell scripts on Linux.
Batch mode: use of a script to control your file exchanges in an automated way, wihtout any graphical user interface (GUI).

Notice:
GUI and batch modes use different JAR packages and are updated independently from each other.
The JARs for the GUI are stored in the Java Webstart [TM] cache.
The JARs for the batch are stored in "SOFIE_HOME\lib" folder. They are also used by the "bat" and "shell" scripts, including the portable distribution for Windows.

GUI Mode

Use the icon

on your desktop to start the SOFiE GUI.
After the successful start of SOFiE you will see the Login Dialog.

SOFiE is started through Java Webstart [TM] to check you are using the last version.
When a new version is downloaded, the start of SOFiE lasts somewhat longer (depending on your telecommunication infrastructure).

Notice: The synchronization happens only if you have access to the required URL.

Batch Mode

The batch mode is run with the script "run_batch_<user_ID>" (.ksh and .bat) located in the bin folder.

When the batch starts, first Wget is run to update (if needed) the batch packages to the last version.

Please read the notes on batch mode.