David, > I'm new here and to FME, so please forgive me if this is redundant. > I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find a transformer > capability, including searching here. Unfortunately I'm not sure > what key words or terms to use for this. > > Anyway, I'm looking for a capability (via transformer?) to help me > take a text file and output to a CSV file format. > > The problem is that the text file I regularly receive (as it gets > updated) has lines treated as records and individual charaters or a > combination of characters that mean very specific things. There are > no comma or tabs or spaces to automatically identify fields. Each > field has a fixed width of characters for each line or record. > > I'll try to post a sample documentation file > titled "CD_DOF_README.PDF" on this group. I'll also try to post a > sample text file that it comes in titled "aal.dat".
If you use the Text reader, FME will read every line from the text file as a separate feature, with a single attribute. You can then use an AttributeSplitter (http://fmepedia.com/index.php/AttributeSplitter) to split this into seperate attributes. The AttribteSplitter will produce a list, so you'll have to expose the correct amount of list elements, and then write them out to a CSV file. 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/
