Hi - After writing the first reply I did some tests in using imut.exe (the command-line part of the universal translator). It can be controlled by "ordinary" FME-macros. There is some caveats: 1) A _lot_ of the feature functions and factories from the original FME-program has been disabled. 2) Coordinate translation "inside" imut.exe has been disabled 3) The "base" version of the original FME - program that imut.exe has been developed from is FME build 280 (ca. ver 2.0 - 2.1), so you can't use any ver 2.2 or 2.3 syntax in the imut-based macro (ie. no TCL). What you _can_ do: 1) Use imut.exe from the command-line, ie. from bat-files and mapbasic. 2) Write your own (somewhat limited) fme macros, for example: A macro that reads dgn-data; converts dgn-linestyle, colors to the corresponding mapinfo linestyle and colors ( using the fme-function "lookup"); writes the data as a MapInfo file - all in one step. Good Luck.. Bo Thomsen GIS-consultant GeoConsult I/S, Denmark > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sendt: 6. august 1999 11:27 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: RE: MI MB: Universal Translator from MapBasic > > Hi all - > > The Universal translator is a stand-alone program "<Mapinfo > directory>\professional\ut\imutgui.exe" that's started from a mapbasic > program. The "imutgui.exe" is a Windows front-end for the command-line > program "<Mapinfo directory>\professional\ut\imut.exe". > > Both "Imutgui.exe" and "imut.exe"can be run outside the MapInfo > environment. > The remaining problem is to control "imut.exe" by feeding it parameters on > the command-line. Because "imut.exe" is a scaled down version of the > FME-translator (www.safe.com) is it (probably) possible to control > imut.exe > with the same parameters you use in FME. You can download the full > documentation to FME from www.safe.com, including the chapter on > translations using the command-line program. > > If you search the ..\ut directory (and subdirectories) you'll find many > snippets of fme control-macros, that is used by MapInfo. > > A warning - the fme control language is _somewhat_ (meaning _very_) > cryptic > .... :) > > Good luck > > Bo Thomsen > GIS-consultant > > GeoConsult I/S, Denmark > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Franck Martin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sendt: 4. august 1999 08:14 > > Til: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Cc: Harald Schoelzel > > Emne: MI MB: Universal Translator from MapBasic > > > > Does anyone know how to pilot Universal translator from Mapbasic ? > > > > Or to do Shapefile to Tab conversion from MapBasic to be more precise. > > > > Franck Martin > > Database Development Officer > > SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission > > Fiji > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Web site: http://www.sopac.org.fj/ <http://www.sopac.org.fj/> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
