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  • November 16, 2015
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nic_ran
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The default behavior for double-clicking an FMX file is to "install" the custom transformer. It seemed that for a while I had double-click set up to open the transformer for editing, rather than installing it, but now it's reverted back to installing with my latest FME (2015.1.2.0 (20150911 - Build 15538 - WIN64)).

 

 

Can this behavior be changed? I never need the custom transformer installed because I keep them all in a shared directly. If I double-click it I'm always going to want to edit it. Additionally, because the default behavior is to "install" I can't open alternate versions from our version control system for editing because it always tries to "install" the version, rather than editing.

 

Best answer by david_r

Hi

 

 

You can change the double-click default in the registry, look up the following key in regedit:

 

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMETransformerFile\Shell

 

Change the default value from "FME_Workbench_Install" to "FME_Workbench_Edit".

 

 

David
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takashi
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  • November 17, 2015
Hi,

 

 

I think it's difficult to change the default behavior of double-click. To avoid unexpected installing, I usually right-click on an fmx file to show the menu, and then select Install or Edit.

 

 

Takashi

david_r
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  • November 17, 2015
Hi

 

 

You can change the double-click default in the registry, look up the following key in regedit:

 

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMETransformerFile\Shell

 

Change the default value from "FME_Workbench_Install" to "FME_Workbench_Edit".

 

 

David

nic_ran
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  • November 17, 2015
david_r wrote:
Hi

 

 

You can change the double-click default in the registry, look up the following key in regedit:

 

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMETransformerFile\Shell

 

Change the default value from "FME_Workbench_Install" to "FME_Workbench_Edit".

 

 

David

Thanks David, I tried this out as it looks like exactly what I need to do. Unfortunately, my registry editor is not letting me edit this value. I'll try some other approaches because it looks like you've set me on the right path...

Takashi, right-click doesn't work for me because I can't right-click from within my source code control system. It's the default behavior that I need to change.


nic_ran
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  • November 17, 2015
david_r wrote:
Hi

 

 

You can change the double-click default in the registry, look up the following key in regedit:

 

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMETransformerFile\Shell

 

Change the default value from "FME_Workbench_Install" to "FME_Workbench_Edit".

 

 

David

I had to run regedit with Administrator permission for it to accept the change.


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