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# File Connection Class (TFloFileCon)

As the example below shows, there are three (3) sub-directories named and created by the **File Connection** - **File**, **Audit** and **Error**.

The **File Connection** object class **TFloFileCon** can be used to interact with the **File Connection** during a mapping process, to provide access to properties of the **File Connection/s** so they can be altered for this specific **Map**.

You can access **TFloFileCon** by referencing **Source.FileCon** or **Dest.FileCon** as variables, where *Source* and *Dest* are pointers to the source and destination data definitions of the **Map**.

At **Action** level, the **File Connection** for an **Action Step** can be referenced in the following form, where \[i] is the zero-based index of the **Action Step** -

Action.Actions\[i].Source.Source.FileCon (for source data definitions)

Action.Actions\[i].Dest.Source.FileCon (for destination data definitions)

Among other things, the following tasks can be achieved by working with **TFloFileCon** -

* Changing the name of an outbound file - for fine-grained control over the name of the outbound file you can edit the **Dest.FileCon.FileName** property.
* Reading the name of an inbound file - you might want to store the name of the inbound file as you are processing it. You can read the name from **Source.FileCon.CurrentFileName**.

Declaration: Source.FileCon : TFloFileCon

Dest.FileCon : TFloFileCon