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What is an FMI file?

  • October 30, 2015
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I am updating some old scripts, that I didn't create, and found several FMI files that seem to have no data in them when opened in workbench.
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.fmi files are from a time long ago, before there was Workbench. In that dark time, users editted FME script files using tools like "vi" or "notepad" or "ultraedit", and usually named their scripts (called mapping files back then) as ".fme" files. Some users realized they could break a complex .fme into smaller, reusable pieces, and named these as .fmi (FMe Include) files.

Now, Workbench cannot edit nor understand either .fme or .fmi files.

FYI the doc on mapping files is at: http://docs.safe.com/fme/2013sp1/html/FME_QuickTranslator/Default.htm#Mapping%20File%20Syntax/INCLUDE_Directive.htm