Plugins¶

A plugin is a file with predefined configuration for bots. It includes routes, channels, grammars, mappings etc.
Plugins are installed via bots-monitor-Systasks->Read plugin.
In order to run the routes in a plugin you first have to activate the routes.
There are useful plugins on the bots sourceforge site.
Documentation for these plugins.

Note

grammars for edifact and x12 are NOT plugins, and can not be installed.

For what is a bots plugin useful?

An easy way to distribute and share edi configurations for bots.
Learn from existing configurations
Backup your configuration.
Share your configuration with others (It would be nice if you want to share your configuration; other can use and/or learn from what you have done!).
Do another install of the same configuration.
Transfer your environment from test to production.
Plugins are used to update to a new version of bots (only between minor versions).

Note

All bots 3.0.0 plugins are suited to use in acceptance test mode.

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