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MapInfo file extensions

  • May 22, 2018
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Hi

I have a MapInfo SQL Select query which I save off as a table and I would like to do the same query as an FME workspace. When I create the MapInfo writer to save the table it save the file with the 4 filename extensions (.tab, .dat, .id and .map) whereas when I save the SQL Select query from MapInfo there are only 2 filename extensions (.tab and .dat).

What I would like to know is it possible to save the FME MapInfo file with the .tab and .dat file extensions.

Thanks

Andy

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david_r
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  • david_rCelebrity
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  • May 22, 2018

If you can use the new "MapInfo Extended" writer, it will do this for you automatically.

If not, I suspect you'll have to manually delete the unwanted files after the workspace has terminated, e.g. by using the shutdown script.

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