Hi FME'ers, Just wanted to post a message about some of the new features in the FME2007 betas that you may not be aware of, since they don't all appears in the What's New list. Hoping you find this info useful...
1) Incomplete Transformers - all transformers with incomplete settings (a red icon) will appear in a new section in the navigation pane. Transformers that rely on a specific attribute to fill a setting will automatically turn red if that attribute is removed. Incomplete transformers won't stop a workspace running if they aren't connected to anything. Should all help in developing large workspaces. 2) New transformers - FeatureHolder: Store features until they all arrive, then release them in order. Useful for manipulating feature order. RasterReader: Accept an attribute as source. The attribute contains the name of a raster dataset that is then read (similar to OracleQuerier). Rasterizer. CurveFitter. Creator: Replaces existing 2dCreators. ParameterFetcher: Get the value of a parameter (macro) and pass it into an attribute. See fmepedia for an example of how to use the ParameterFetcher. Hopefully this will be the start for creating custom parameters - such as picklists - using them in complex transformers and sharing them amongst workspaces. 3) Advanced Workspace Settings - Reprojection Engine: Choose which software to use for reprojection. Startup/Shutdown Scripts: Run TCL or Python scripts before or after a workspace. Max Features in Memory: Manage FME's balance between memory use and disk caching (I think!?) 4) Misc Stuff - Ability to update source feature types when underlying dataset schema changes. Overview Window in Workbench. TCL/Python editor dialog. Also - hopefully coming soon - "rejected" features causing a warning or error in the log to get written to an FFS "log" dataset. ...and that's just Workbench and doesn't include new formats like GeoRSS or Lidar; the rich geometry model and all the updated writers/transformers; the Spatial ETL Server etc etc Phew - didn't think this list would be so long. As always get the latest info at http://www.fmepedia.com/index.php/Whats_Great Mark For insights into what's up at Safe Software and what's on the development horizon, visit Safe's blog at spatial-etl.blogspot.com. Safe Software has also made slides available that outline enhancements planned for FME 2007. The slides are from the "Road Ahead" presentation given on Day 2 of the FME Worldwide Users Conference. To view these slides, visit www.safe.com/2006uc. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
