MapInfo TAB (MAPINFO/MITAB) Reader Parameters

This parameter is only applicable when opening datasets of Type FME. If the auxillary FME dataset is a database reader, then MapInfo willl not automatically put the password for the source database in the tab file. This parameter allows the user to specify the password dynamically. Additionally, if the password is hardcoded into the tab file, then this parameter will supercede that password.

This parameter is optional. However, if it is needed to open the FME dataset, then it will need to be provided on both generation and runtime.

If "Yes" is specified, the reader does not perform any validation or fixing of geometry types. For example, lines consisting of only one point will have a geometry type of mapinfo_polyline instead of being converted to mapinfo_point.

This parameter is applicable only if you are working with foreign (non-English) character sets.

For example, if your source data contains foreign characters, using this parameter along with the encoding value ensures that the original data is preserved from the reader to the writer.

If the value is not set, the character encoding will be automatically detected from the source file. If the value is set, it will take precedence over the automatically detected character encoding.

FME supports most encodings.

This parameter exposes Format Attributes in Workbench when you create a workspace:

• In a dynamic scenario, it means these attributes can be passed to the output dataset at runtime.
• In a non-dynamic scenario where you have multiple feature types, it is convenient to expose additional attributes from one parameter. For example, if you have ten feature types and want to expose the same attribute in each one, it is easier to define it once than it is to set each feature type individually in the workspace.

Using the minimum and maximum x and y parameters, define a bounding box that will be used to filter the input features. Only features that interact with the bounding box are returned.

If all four coordinates of the search envelope are specified as 0, the search envelope will be disabled.

Select this option to remove any portions of exported features outside the area of interest.