The following steps provide an overview of the tasks required to set up file-based download, assuming that you already have MobiLink synchronization set up.

In most cases, you should use a download-only publication with your file-based download. Use a regular publication only when you need to do uploads with the same publication as you do file-based downloads.

Overview of setting up file-based download

1. Create a file-definition database.

   See Creating the file-definition database.

2. At the consolidated database, create scripts with a new script version.

   See Changes at the consolidated database.

3. Create a download file.

   See Creating the download file.

4. Apply the download file.

   See Synchronizing new remotes.

Other resources for getting started

• File-based download examples