I have exposed the fme_feature_type attribute from a feature class and need to pass it into the open editor but dont know how. The fme_feature_type contains the name of the feature class which I need to use in a string of text.
Any pointers on how to bring that into the open editor? who can I format the bolded text in the editor so I can see the actual value?
{fme:get-attribute("fme_feature_type")} at $(Base1), $(Location1) $(City2), $(State), ($(Year))
Thanks in advance for any guidance :)
this is what I got when I used the @value(fme_feature_type)
@value(fme_feature_type) at Navy, Tampa, Florida, (2013) for example
What I need to see as a result is :
Signs at Navy, Tampa, Florida, (2013) for example
+21http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Transformers/Default.htm#Transformers/featuretypeextractor.htm
Or copy it into a new attribute
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FME is basically case sensitive except in some specific cases, and FME function name starts with @ and an upper case letter. Try @Value(fme_feature_type).
Takashi
Takashi is right, FME is mostly case sensitive so you need to write "@Value" with an upper case V. The expression "@value" which was suggested below will therefore not work.
The easiest way, in my opinion, to build strings like this is to use the StringConcatenator. I prefer the Advanced view, which isn't really that complicated. Just double-click in the attribute and function list on the left and the correct reference will be inserted into the cursor position:
David
My problem is that I am using the open editor from the xml updater.. and that one doesnt like the @Value. Regardless of what attributes I double click or drag over. it is spitting it out literally instead of extracting the value into the editor. This leads me to believe that it might be a formatting issue
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I am sure Safe would appreciate hearing about it, sounds like a bug to me.
