Kevin, I don't see why a workbench solution won't work for you if you run it from the command line. Either do a batch deploy (uses TCL) or run the workspace from the command line using something like...
for %%f in (d:\data) do fme workspace.fmw --SourceDataset %%f --DestDataset d:\data\output At least this would prevent you being limited to Access by your VB app. You could even try running it within Workbench - if you close the log window it will run a great deal faster. Regards, Mark Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ireland > Sent: January 6, 2005 3:40 PM > To: Mark Ireland > Subject: Fwd: Bounding Box for an entire drawing > > > --- In [email protected], "Kevin Gooss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to extract the bounding box for a MicroStation > (.dgn) drawing. > I need to do this for about 150,000 drawings so a GUI > workbench solution is not going to work for me. > I would like to incorporate this into some vb.net code I already have. > I can get the bounding box out of workbench by using a > BoundingBoxAccumulator and then a BoundsExtractor. But the > only output I have found to handle this is an Access db. I > would then have to plumb into Access to get these values and > that would be a little more work and time (multiplied by > 150,000 of course). > Right now I am getting these values using ArcObjects and it > is a very slow and unreliable process (crashes every so often > on drawings that are peculiar in some way). > I have tried to pipe this output to a text file but it won't work. > > Any suggestions? > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
