Hi Stefaan, This is actually the default behaviour - although it must be confusing at times. I guess in this sense the FFS output is more of a dump of features than a proper writer.
One option is that you rename (or remove) the old attributes and just have the new ones on the features - that way they won't get written. However, looking through the FME Readers and Writers Manual I see that there are various options for turning off this behaviour. STRICT_SCHEMA is the setting to use. Because this isn't exposed by default, you can add it in Workbench using Tools > Edit Header. When the editor opens add the lines... # Set the strict schema FFS_1_STRICT_SCHEMA Yes They have to go within the FFS writer section - I added them just before the comment "Set the compression level" If you wish to be able to turn the option on and off within the workspace, then use... # Set the strict schema DEFAULT_MACRO _STRICT_FFS_1 Yes GUI CHOICE _STRICT_FFS_1 yes%no Apply strict schema: FFS_1_STRICT_SCHEMA $(_STRICT_FFS_1) ...which will add it as a GUI option to the navigation pane. NB: This does depend on the FFS writer being the only one (or at least the first one) within the workspace. If there is more than one FFS writer be sure to change the "FFS_1" part to "FFS_x" where x is the writer number. Hope this helps, Regards, Mark Mark Ireland, Senior Product Specialist Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access --- In [email protected], "sttav2003" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With one translation I made ffs-files, but I abbreviated the > attributenames in these files. When I load these files in another > workbench, I can see the abbreviated attributes and the old full > names, which shouldn't be in there. And when I load the files, > attributes from a couple of features are automattically copied onto > other features in the files. Has anyone had the same problem, or > possible solutions? > > > sincerely, > Stefaan > Join us at the FME Worldwide User Conference Sept. 21-22, 2006 Vancouver BC Canada. For more information, visit www.safe.com/2006uc. 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/
