Server-side settings configured using the Notifier configuration file

A Notifier configuration file can be created using a text editor, or it can be generated from property and event settings exported from Sybase Central. See Setting up Notifiers, gateways, and carriers using Sybase Central.

To view the layout of a typical Notifier configuration file, open the %SQLANYSAMP12%\MobiLink\template.Notifier template file. The template file provides examples for configuring server-side properties and events.

When you have configured the necessary settings, save the Notifier configuration file and load your server-side properties and events into the MobiLink server.

Property = Value

Notifier(NotifierName).Event = \
# Replace this text with SQL script.           \
# Be sure to put a backslash (\) at            \
# the end of every line of code                \
# if your event requires multiple              \
# lines of text.

Notifier(NotifierName).Property = Value

# For Device tracking gateways:
DeviceTracker(DeviceTrackerName).Property = Value
# For SMTP gateways:
SMTP(SMTPName).Property = Value
# For SYNC gateways:
SYNC(SYNCName).Property = Value
# For UDP gateways:
UDP(UDPName).Property = Value

Carrier(CarrierName).Property = Value

To load a Notifier configuration file into the MobiLink server, run mlsrv12 from the command line with the -notifier option specified. For example, to use the server-side settings defined in a CarDealer.Notifier configuration file, run the following command:

mlsrv12 ... -notifier "c:\CarDealer.Notifier"

If a file is not specified, the config.Notifier file is loaded by default.

For more information about the mlsrv12 -notifier option, see -notifier mlsrv12 option.

Note

If you want to use the default SYNC gateway, you cannot store server-side settings in a Notifier configuration file. You must store them in the ml_property system table using an alternative method. See MobiLink server settings for server-initiated synchronization.

The backslash ( \ ) is the escape character. The following is a list of common escape sequences that you can use in a Notifier configuration file:

Escape sequence	Description
\b	Backspace
\t	Tab
\n	Linefeed
\r	Carriage return
\"	Double quote ( " )
\'	Single quote ( ' )
\\	Backslash ( \ )
\e	Escape

Unicode escape sequences are of the form \uXXXX while ASCII escape sequences are of the form \xXX, where each X represents a hexadecimal digit.

When editing a property or event that requires multiple lines of text, add a single backslash character ( \ ) at the end of each line.