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Inspect and Open Containing Folder on FeatureReader/FeatureWriter

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I think it would nice to have the standard options 'Inspect' and 'Open containing folder' available on both the FeatureReader and the FeatureWriter. These are great functions available on normal Readers and Writers and as we move more and more towards their Transformer-based counterparts, the existing functionality should be moved over.

As both the FeatureReader and the FeatureWriter support multiple Feature Types, the Inspect option could have a pop-out on the side to select the desired Feature Type. This would be a screen similar to the 'Attribute Value' selection menu. You could even include an option to inspect 'All' Feature Types.

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fmelizard
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  • fmelizardSafer
  • Safer
  • March 1, 2016

Agreed. We're trying to get this into FME 2016.1 but it may not make it, but it will come with time for sure.

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  • markatsafe
  • September 27, 2016

@kim This has been added to FME 2017 and is available in the FME 2017 betas.

'Inspect' and 'Open containing folder' are now available on both the FeatureReader and the FeatureWriter on the context menu.

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On the FeatureReader it's also available for individual feature types.

In addition, we've added Open Containing Folder to most trasnformers that reference a file or directory - such as AttributeFileWriter and SchemaMapper. Where appropriate, you'll also see Inspect on some transformers

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  • kim
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  • September 28, 2016
Good news! I'll have a look at the beta, the FeatureReader and FeatureWriter sure are maturing this way.

 

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This has been released as part of FME 2017.0 . Visit http://www.safe.com/downloads to download it and give it a spin.

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