SmartPlant Foundation uses a separate file service to handle direct file transfer between vaults and the SmartPlant Foundation client.
Files are stored in vaults on hosts and are transferred between the vaults and the client computers. Files are first transferred from the vault on the file server to a designated temporary file location, and then transferred to the client.
SmartPlant Foundation uses the SmartPlant Foundation file service to transfer files. The file service uses either the HTTP or HTTPS protocol, depending on the vault security attributes.