Hans, Thanks a lot for your help.
Even the *read* of the customer format, can you write it out to any format you like. That's mean can you read the customer format and transfer it to any other format in FME. It seems to me that you can only write to the format specified in the Customer format (like csv-> csv, not csv->dgn, or csv->dwg...). Am i right? If you want to write that csv to dgn/dwg/shape..., you need to do the fmw one by one, not in one fmw. Right? Cindy --- In [email protected], Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cindy, > > > I found it's quit unconvenience to read/write my format. I'd like > > something that I can put my own format to FME Format list and be able > > to reader my format and transfer it to anything else or transfer > > anything else to my format. > > > > Am I able to do that? Am I able to write my own reader/writer? > > > > The customer format seems only can read one format and transfer it to > > another specified format. Am I right? > > > > Thanks very much for any help! > > You can create an FME Datasource, which is essentially an FME workbench > that acts as if it's a custom format. You can only *read* these though. > There's a sample available here that you can take a look at: > http://redgeographics.com/download.php?downloadfile=NMEA- 0183_compliant_GPS_log.zip > > Keep in mind that not everything can be handled this way. Specifically, > there has to be a reader for the basic type of file available. In my > sample, I'm reading a plain text file, so I've used the CSV reader. If > you want to support totally new (binary) formats, you'll have to write > your own reader, which is a lot more work. > > Hope this helps. > -- > Hans van der Maarel > Red Geographics > www.redgeographics.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
