Integration

Hi! After upgrading to FME 2014 (build 14230) the drag-and-drop feature from ArcGIS desktop has ceased functioning. I'd like other users to confirm this. I spoke today with FME support in Sweden who acknowledged the error. Previously, it was possible to drag an ArcGIS Desktop layer from the AG TOC into the FME main window. This was tremendously useful, particularly when reading sde data, because the entire database connection was included in the drop. You can still setup an sde reader, but will have to enter server name, user credentials and so on. Was this a deliberate decision, or some syntax change on either side thas has stopped the drag-and-drop functionality? Or maybe the new workbench GUI library? (this is a 32bit environment). I have an FME 2013 sp4 in parallell, and the drag-and-drop works there

HI, I have machine A : webservices/core running machine B : Engine running The services on both machine are running under the same domain account. Now, the machine A starts fine, but the FME engine on machine B doesn't start ( it would start and stop again ) . Basically, i am not able to connect the FME engines to core. -varun

I upgraded FME Desktop from 2011sp4 to 2014. When I choose an Esri MDB as a reader the geodb_subtype_name is not found. I have checked the Additional Attrubutes but its not in the list. However it shows the geodb_subtype_name data when I look at it in the Data Inspector. Same machine I've been using for over 2 years with Esri Runtime and FME Desktop2011. Any thoughts Chris

Hello, I have used the sample REST C# code supplied by Safe to create a simple application. The sample code provided can be located here: http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documentation/Content/REST/FMEServerRestAPIdemo.cs We have two FME Servers here, one in a test environment, and another for production. I have written my code against the test server, which uses standard security, using user and password managed by FME Server. Everything works fine. However, when I use my code against the second server, which is secured by the Active Directory, I always get error 401, access denied. Is there anyone out there that has used the REST API with Active Directory security? Here is an example of the code I use to fetch a token: private string GetFmeServerToken() { string fmeTokenUrl = this.Serveur + "/fmetoken/service/generate"; NameValueCollection parameters = new NameValueCollection(); parameters["user"] = ; "user"; // tried with and without domain name parameters["password"] = "pas

Hi Im looking for a way to automatically post a new subscription, preferably in a python startup script. Is it possible to use the REST API for this task?

Guys, This question may be supid, but I'm trying to get values of attribute within a python script. Basicly, I've written the following code : def processFeature(feature): txt = feature.getAttribute('text_log') pass And I want to obtain the variable "txt" to used it later on (... log.write(txt) ...) How do I access to the function ? Any suggestions ? Thx regis

Is it possible to load MasterMap COU data using FME into ArcSDE? Has anyone created a model for this? I seem to have a lot of probems with Productivity Suite these days! Any links to existing FME workspaces used by others? Regards Kam

Hi there, Just wondering, has anyone done some python programming to make FME Desktop and QGIS interact? Simply to select a layer from QGIS/ process it in FME and load the results automatically to QGIS? Thanks. Lyes

We are using a PythonCaller to get some simple info from an input file to be used to validate the file is OK to process: import hashlib import fmeobjects def fileInfo(feature): log = fmeobjects.FMELogFile() try: dir = FME_MacroValues['SourceDirectory'] fileName = FME_MacroValues['SourceTileId'] file = dir + "\\\\" + fileName + ".TIF" digest = hashlib.md5(open(file, 'rb').read()).hexdigest() fileSize = os.path.getsize(file) >> 20 feature.setAttribute("actual_fileSize", fileSize) feature.setAttribute("actual_md5", digest) pass except Exception, e: log.logMessageString(str(e), fmeobjects.FME_ERROR) Even though this works and we can test on the 2 attributes created we get the following errors: Bridge failed to output feature on tag `PYOUTPUT' PythonFactory failed to process feature PythonFactory failed to process feature and so the validation messages I want to get out are lost in the log. Any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

Hi, I would like to use the httpfetcher to grab a websites source html. But since it does not support POST, I am limited to only reciveving the first 512 signs.. Any workaround available?

Hi, My version of FME is: FME 2011 WIN32 in Windows 8 My intention is to transform the records of certain tables in Postgres 9.2 in Smallworld 4.1database records. To create the Readers / Writers gives me no problems but when I run the workbench: I get the error I mention in the Subject, and also adds the following: "Program: E:\\apps\\FME\\fme.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information" And I do not know why this happens to me or how to fix it I would be very grateful if someone could help

One question. How can I make sure that a workspace only runs if it has an ArcInfo license available? That is - I want to check out the license before running the workspace (For instance in the python-script) ? Not sure if this approach GUARANTEES that the license will not be used by someone else between the startup script and after a long processing (1 hour) starting the writer? Related: http://fmepedia.safe.com/AnswersQuestionDetail?id=906a0000000cgTFAAY

Hello - I've built applications using FME Objects in previous versions of Visual Studio, first back in VB6 then in VB.NET in VS 2005. I'm now trying to use FME Objects again in C# within VS 2012 and am getting stuck. Stuck at the very beginnging. If I try to include this in a class library I get an FMEOException when it tries to create a session. The operative part of the code is below. IFMEOSession m_pFMESession = null; System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection pSettings = new System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection(); pSettings.Add("FME_DEBUG"); pSettings.Add("BADNEWS"); pSettings.Add("FME_USE_RICH_GEOMETRY"); pSettings.Add("yes"); m_pFMESession = FMEObject.CreateSession(); // Fails here I've been told that FME Objects was built with an older version of the .NET library so I need to include an App.Config to reference the old runtime. My App.Config looks like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> <supportedRuntime

Hi, I have a very complex workbench with a lot of different scenarios where I run only one or two or maybe more parts of it sometimes, while others are disabled within bookmarks. Maybe It could be done differently (splitting in few workbenches, simplifying, ..). But let it be like it is:) Working like this, I realized that It would be very nice if there will be some option which hides all disabled parts ofthe workspace (i.e. transformers, connections), not just coloring them light gray. One simple click on the icon "hide/show":) And I get better and cleaner workspace overview.

Hi, I'm using pythoncaller in FME2013 to manipulate an xml (it's a legacy workbench I have to maintain). I use the python interpreter that is installed outside of FME. Since we upgrade to FME2013, I get an error when importing external python libs that depends on .dll or .pyd files. I get this error: Python Exception <ImportError>: DLL load failed Is there a specific limitation of FME2013 with libs that contains .dll and .pyd? Thanks Jean-Sebastien

Hi , Tried running few workbenches in built in desktop 2012 built on 2013 had macro issues hence translation failure.Had few question regarding interoperability and compatibility of desktops and servers. 1.Is there a tool/way to migrate a 2012 workbench to 2013 ? 2.If we use a 2013 fme server would that seamlessly support 2012 workbenches? 3.Eager to implement transaction support for oracle spatial ,is there a suite for the same in desktop 2012 ?

I do realize it's possible using the startup script, but it would be nice to have the time/date recorded at the beginning of the log when a translation is started. If a user wanted to know during a translation when it was began, they would have it in the log. Maybe it's there, and I'm overlooking it?

Hi, We are in the process of porting our Java FME Objects API based application from Solaris to Windows Server. In a Windows Server (2008 R2) environment, what is the latest version of Java7 that the FMEObjects Java API can be used with? Cheers, James Crone

Some feedback on the FMECommunity and suggestions for improvement. Anyone else with suggestions? Topic Size Advantage Widescreen S Readability when attaching images! Give a notification when someone replies to a post you replied to (not only posts that you have posted to) M More activity! Make it possible to store upload an image (instead of using an online image-service that will remove the image after for instance 14 days) - Use FME to download the image and store in Safes own DB. XL No broken images! Possible to upload workspaces and download them directly L Huge bank with workspaces! Get the number of replies on each post when using the search M See empty questions! You can "only" go 10 pages backwards on the search S Find older posts on a topic Edit-post M Correct errors

Hi, IFMETransformationRequest.SetFMEDirective(s) method of .NET API seems doesn't work. And I try Java API, there is no this problem. Tested on FME Server 2013 Build 13264 x86. ========================== request.SetFMEDirective("x", "xx"); Debug.WriteLine(request.GetFMEDirective("x"); // here return "" request.SetPublishedParameter("y","yy"); Debug.WriteLine(request.GetPublishedParameter("y")); // same object's GetPublishedParameter method return right value.

Can I run a tool from the Marine GIS (ArcGISextension from DHI) tool bar in FME? I want to run "load dfsu to display" for mulitple time steps so I would like ot automate it with FME workbench (which I am not that familiar with using). Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Hi, I'm trying to use a pythonCaller in a FME workspace. I have tested different python code, but every time it fails. Any suggestions how to solve this issue? Below you find the error from log. Thanks in advance! Morten ***CLIP FROM LOG *** FME Configuration: Autodetermining optimal maximum number of objects in memory BADNEWS: File C:\\apps\\FME2013\\metafile\\MULTI_WRITER.fmf could not be opened (tabrdr.cpp:985) Trying to find a DYNAMIC plugin for reader named `NULL' Loaded module 'NULL' from file 'C:\\apps\\FME2013\\plugins/NULL.dll' FME API version of module 'NULL' matches current internal version (3.7 20121025) Using MultiWriter $Revision: 59162 $ ( $Date: 2009-04-07 10:04:59 -0700 (Tue, 07 Apr 2009) $ ) with keyword `MULTI_WRITER' to output data (ID_ATTRIBUTE is `multi_writer_id') Writer output will be ordered by value of multi_writer_id BADNEWS: File C:\\apps\\FME2013\\metafile\\MULTI_WRITER.fmf could not be opened (tabrdr.cpp:985) BADNEWS: File C:\\apps\\FME2013\\metafile\\Geom

Hi, FME 2013 may connect to amazon AWS cloud service to update some data like FME Store or something else. And I donn't know if the reason is Chinese network, just like we always cann't browse Youtube, Twitter, etc, and have problems to use any Google services from time to time. I have to spend a few minutes to startup FME 2013 for some times. But if I disable my network or use firewall to block FME to connect WWW, it gets normal. So would this problem be fixed by doing some modified to the stage of connecting web? Thanks.

Hi, has anyone ever tried to build a FME function with C++ and using MinGW (gcc 4.7.2) instead of VS as compiler? This is how far i got with the included CenterOfMass sample: - DevC++ builds the CenterOfMass_func.dll and can link it. I only had to add on additional header file (sdtlib.h) to make size_t available. - FME recognizes the dll and loads it, i see the statement about the correct API version in the log - i can do cout outputs i both the createFunction- and destroyFunction, so FME has loaded the module and does use both. - it does not seem FME enters the execute function at all. I've put a cout in the first line but it does not get printed - I've tried using the function with both FMEFunctionCaller and CenterOfMass transformer I've not succeded to get GDB working correctly and placing break points in the code, so for now i'v just doing printing those debug statements. Any C++ experts out here? And yeah, i know there is a free VS edition and most likely the sample will work out

Does anyone have a handy example of programmatically setting a workbench to run at a scheduled time on FME server. The code to submit the workbench to begin with would be nice too. Thanks! Vic