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B Best Practice FAQ Beta Version FAQ C Coordinate System Problems FAQ Custom Coordinate System FAQ Custom Transformer FAQ E Environment Variable FAQ

F FME Internals FAQ I Installation FAQ L Licensing FAQ N Non-Base Transformer U Unix-Linux FAQ W Windows 3GB Switch FAQ Windows NT FAQ

W cont. Windows XP FAQ Workbench GUI FAQ Workbench Parameter FAQ Workbench Reader Writer FAQ Workbench Transformer FAQ

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A ADO After using FME for a while that ‘welcome’ dialog is no longer welcome. Can I stop it opening when I start workbench Are any custom transformers publically available Attaching Unattached Annotation B Base Edition C Can I control the directories FME uses for temporary files Can I explicitly set the name of the output shp file at run-time Can I pass a published parameter value when calling a workspace from the command line Can I pass a variable to FME to replace a fixed value within a workspace Can I use FME Objects to run an FME mapping file or a Workbench workspace Can I use a macro to replace a value in a Workbench transformer Can I use loops in my custom transformer Can't I batch process in a single workspace by merging in source data and fanning it out on the destination side? Converting from Vector to Raster Coordsys.db Custom Format D Dataset Analyzer Tool Does FME Support Reading Data from a Synonym in Oracle Does FME Support Reading Data from a View in Oracle Does FME carry out any internal geometry operations that I should know about Does FME process features on an individual basis or as a group - How might this affect my translation process Does the RasterMosaicker work on any raster features Dynamic Schema E Every time I open a transformer settings dialog the fields are all grayed out. Click on a field and I get a Windows error! What is happening F Feature Counters Feature Type Feature-Based Transformers Format Plugins Formats and Licenses G Geometry Handling Parameter Getting Started with Raster Processing Group-Based Transformers Gtrans H How are standard coordinate system definitions stored in FME How can I create my own macro to use in a workspace How can I keep my custom transformer from overwriting existing attributes How can I transform shape text to dgn How can I translate from Shape to DGN using MSLINK attribute table How do I change Joiner settings without going through the Joiner wizard How do I change the source or target coordinate system in FME Workbench How do I install a custom transformer How do I know what FME edition, license, build or version I am running How do I start FME Workbench How do you register a datum grid shift file in the Unix version of FME How does the Transformer search function work: it seems to return more results than I had expected? How is precision handled within FME - How might this affect geometric processing

I I can’t find the format I want in the formats drop-down list – why I had a transformer bug fixed and updated my version of FME. But now I have to replace all of the old transformers. Why I have an attribute selecting parameter in a custom transformer and want to publish it - but the attribute is combined within a longer setting. How do I do this I have multiple versions of FME installed. If I route to Viewer from Workbench which build of Viewer will be used I need to create a workspace that inputs data from several sources – how do I do this I need to use an attribute as a transformer parameter inside my compound transformer, but attributes aren't passed through. What can I do I press the ‘zoom full extent’ button in FME Workbench but can’t see my workspace – why I ran a translation in FME Workbench but I didn’t get all the output features I was expecting – why I selected multiple files using the source dataset setting in the Workbench navigation pane, but only one dataset gets translated – why I tried to batch process a whole set of Shape files to DGN but they ended up being merged into a single DGN instead of multiple output files. Why? I want to open the ‘Feature Connections’ window in FME Workbench but I can’t see it – where is it I want to set a format attribute to a value – where do I find the attribute? I'd like to see how a particular custom transformer was made, is that possible If I have several datasets that get merged within a workspace how can I separate it out again If I’m typing a format name into FME do I give it the format name, product name or file extension Ignoring Source Datasets In what order are features processed in a workspace In what order are features processed when there are multiple streams of data In what order are my input datasets read. Is there any control over how this occurs - Why would I be concerned In what order are my output datasets written. Is there any control over how this occurs Introduction to Design Patterns in FME Is the RasterMosaicker supposed to replace functionality within database formats Is there a backdoor way of getting my attributes into a custom transformer Is there any way to remove formats or coordinate-systems from the drop-down list of recently used I’d like to use Batch Deploy to write data to my Oracle database, but it is greyed out on my menubar. What’s happening? I’d like to use Command Files to batch process, but I don’t want users to have to manually enter filenames. Is there any way to use a GUI to select files and settings for Command Files? I’m fed up of changing the same setting every time I create a translation – can I set it as a default I’m not being prompted to enter parameters at run time – Why I’m trying to open a workspace with a recover file, but I only get an empty workspace labeled ‘untitled’. Why is this I’ve got lots of dataset settings to change in FME Workbench. Is there a quick way to edit all of them from a single dialog L LocalCoordSysDefs.fme Loop M Max Features in Memory per Transformer My FME workspace is VERY slow to edit – how can I improve Workbench performance My translation log reports a lot of FME processing time is spent writing to temporary FFS files. How can I avoid this MyCoordSysDefs.fme N Not all of the keywords in the Readers and Writers Manual are in the Workbench navigation window – how can I add these settings P Password Protection Performance Tuning FME Pivot table R Routing to the viewer from Workbench and opening the same data from a dataset created by Workbench gives different results in terms of symbology and attributes– why S Should I use Workbench or the Universal Translator for my translations Spatial Predicates Standalone Published Parameters Startup and Shutdown Scripts Swizzle T The BADNEWS function returns a whole load of errors. What do they mean and should I be worried

T cont. The FME Workbench GUI looks complex. What’s the easiest way to quickly set up a translation The FME Workbench Undo function appears slow to operate - why The FME Workbench ‘batch deploy’ function is grayed out – why The error messages that FME reports rarely give a clear indication of what is wrong and why. Can you improve them Transformer Attribute Validation Transformer Versioning U Unexpected Input Remover V Very Large Raster Processing W What are the different feet units in FME Coordinate Systems What can I use FME for What function does the green 'play' button on the menubar carry out What happens if I select more than one file for the source dataset What is a custom transformer What is the cause of the following error message - ERROR (NULL) returned from feature vector; we expected a valid object What is the difference between Dataset Fanout and Feature Type Fanout with a folder based dataset such as Shape where a feature type is a separate file What is the difference between a Fanout and an AttributeFilter transformer - don't they do the same thing What is the difference between the functions @TCL() and @Tcl2() What is the little stopwatch icon to the right of the FME Workbench log window for What is the purpose of the format attribute autocad source filename - how can I expose it in Workbench What is the standard terminology for dates in FME What's the best way to create and organize a large number of macros Whats Great 2007 Whats Great 2008 Whats Great 2009 When I change the source datasets in my workspace, why is there no option box for "Identical Schemas"? When I create a custom coordinate system do I have to define it in coordsys.db When I have multiple Visualizer transformers in a workspace what is the drawing priority in the Viewer When I open a workspace in FME Workbench I see a recover file is created. What is this for When I query a feature in the FME Viewer, the coordinate precision is greater than the source data – how can this be When I reproject my data I can't get FME to use the right grid shift file. How can I configure this When I reproject my data with FME it appears to be approximately 50ft out of position. What is going wrong When I start FME it reports that I have duplicate coordinate systems and closes down - what is the problem When I write data to FFS all existing attributes are written - not just the ones in the destination schema. Why Where and what is the Nb7783v2.gsb file White is boring! Can I change the background colour of the Workbench canvas Why can't I see my spatial views or tables Why can’t I edit the user attributes on the source dataset in FME Workbench Why do my arcs get stroked into lines when reprojecting data - is there a way to avoid this Why does FME automatically insert a GeometryFilter into my new workspace Why does the Logger transformer not log all features, even when the features to log setting is high enough to permit it Why does the translation log say FME only took 0.1 seconds when the process lasted nearly seven minutes Why doesn't my custom transformer definition show any of the attributes being pointed into it Why should I be concerned about datums Will formats I develop with the FME Plug-In SDK be compatible with FME Workbench Writer Order and FME Performance