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Format Parameters in Feature Types to be updated to match capability

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  • April 26, 2016
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todd_davis
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Currently, "Format Parameters" tab exists in nearly all feature types. This allows users to quickly choose values (usually parameters, attribute name etc), however it often fails to allow for attribute values to be chosen, even those these are valid in most instances.

For instance, the jpeg writer allows parameters to define compression or optimize the jpeg. But you can not use a dynamic attribute value to set these with "Format Parameters". Expose these as "Format Attributes" and then you can pass a dynamic attribute. By not showing these abilities in "Format Parameters" users don't believe they can accomplish as attribute values. Updating these, would then convey some of the true strengths of FME

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fgiron
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  • December 3, 2017

I am finding the same trouble when writing PDF. I can set the layer name dynamically from an attribute, but not whether the layers are hidden or visible:

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fgiron
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  • December 3, 2017

Well, you can actually make feature type parameters dynamic by using a FeatureWriter instead of a Writer and then creating a custom transformer from it and using user parameters within the custom transformer, but that's not straightforward at all