Hi Cindy, If you're referring to custom formats in FME then these are designed for reading only, and not for writing.
You can have as many readers and/or writers as you need in a single workspace, so you can read from many files of your own format and write them to many other output datasets or formats. Use the Source/Destination Data->Add Dataset functions to do this. To have a true reader/writer as part of your FME installation you'd need to create a format plugin using the FME plugin SDK. This is included with FME and uses (if I remember correctly) either C++ or Java. Create a plugin this way and you'll be able to both read from and write to your own particular brand of dataset. See http://www.safe.com/products/developer-tools/plugin-sdk/index.php for more details. I hope this helps to clarify the situation, 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: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cindy_xinqiao_lu Sent: June 28, 2005 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [fme] Can user write their own reader/writer in FME Hello, 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! Cindy 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/
