jamison_leach wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > I have an instance of Workbench with 7 Text file (.txt) > Destination Datasets. All of these .txt files will have the same path > and name, except for their file extension (such as Roads.X1, Roads.X2, > Roads.X3, etc.). I want to be able to specify the path/name only once > (at runtime in the translation parameters), and Workbench to then take > this path/name and add the appropriate file extension. This is > primarily for ease of use, so the user doesn't need to enter nearly > identical information 7 separate times. > > In Workbench I can easily concatenate the path/name and the > appropriate extension, but I can't find a way to set the text file's > location to this concatenated string. I made the concatenated string a > published parameter, so I could specify this string to be the > path/name/extension for the Destination text files (using "Set to > published parameter" for each Destination Dataset in the Navigator > window). Unfortunately, "Set to published parameter" doesn't list my > published parameter as an option.
You can use a fanout to achieve this. In the properties of the output feature, tick the fanout box and select the attribute to use as name. Hope this helps. -- Hans van der Maarel Red Geographics Zevenbergsepoort 44b www.redgeographics.com 4791 AE Klundert [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Netherlands phone: +31-168-401035 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. Love FME? Then open your diary to March 6-7, 2008 and write this... "Second Worldwide FME User Conference - Must Attend!" See http://www.safe.com/company/fmeuc2008/index.php for more details. 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/
