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Get FME Version ++ as parameters

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Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 17, 2019
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sigtill
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I want to get the following data

FME 2020.0.0.0 Beta (20190920 - Build 20090 - WIN64)

FME Desktop Professional Edition (floating)

As Parameters within a workspace to be able to write which version of FME converted the file. Is this possible both on Desktop and Server?

For instance:

FME_VERSION

FME_BUILD

FME_BIT

FME_PLATFORM

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nielsgerrits
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 17, 2019

Some parts are parameters already:

$(FME_OS)

Windows

$(FME_PRODUCT_NAME)

FME(R) 2019.1.2.0

$(FME_BUILD_DATE)

20190829

$(FME_BUILD_NUM)

19630

When I needed the version and last saved date I read the running workspace and parsed it. But info about the software and platform running the workspace can't be gathered this way.

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david_r
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 17, 2019

You can already access the following "hidden" parameters using either Python or the ParameterFetcher:

FME_BUILD_NUM (e.g. "19642")
FME_BUILD_DATE (e.g. "20191007")
FME_OS (e.g. "Windows")
FME_PRODUCT_NAME (e.g. "FME(R) 2019.1.3.0")

There doesn't seem to be a super obvious way of getting the "bitness" of FME, but you can use the following Python code somewhere within FME, which will return either 32 or 64 depending on the bitness of FME:

import struct bitness = struct.calcsize("P") * 8

You can get the FME edition and license type in Python like this:

import fmeobjects product = fmeobjects.FMESession().getAllProperties()['PRODUCT NAME'])

Example: "FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)".

If you look further into the FME session properties you can even find out which formats are currently licensed, e.g. how to check if your current FME license allows you to write to SDE:

can_write_to_sde = fmeobjects.FMESession().getAllProperties()['SDE WRITER'] == 'LICENSED'

All of this should work on both Desktop and Server.