You can also find this information on fmepedia at... http://tinyurl.com/hchwt - I'm just in the process of adding more detail and an example workspace.
Mark --- In [email protected], "mark2atsafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <stefaan.tavernier@> 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/
