It would be useful to be able to extract the geometry of a partial shapefile, when the .shx and/or .dbf are missing.
The shapefile reader could have a parameter that controls whether to fail on incomplete data or let it pass.
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Ability to read partial shapefile
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Hello @jdh
I'm pleased to let you know the bulk mode enabled Shapefile reader (SHAPEFILE) released in FME 2019.0 is able read partial shapefiles.
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