MapInfo SpatialWare User Attributes

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:

User attributes for this format are defined below.

Name

Attribute names must be in uppercase, and must obey all length and character restrictions of SpatialWare.

Type

char

This type is used to represent character values of with a length not exceeding n characters.

date

This is used to store and retrieve date information to SpatialWare. It is of the form YYYYMMDD. This is compatible with all other FME date formats.

See Standard FME Date and Time Format.

double

This type is used to represent 64-bit integer values

float

This type is used to represent 32-bit float values.

integer

This type is used to represent 32-bit integer values.

smallint

This type is used to represent 16-bit integer values.

Width

Controls the maximum number of characters that can be stored by the field. No padding is required for strings shorter than this width.

For the number type, the width parameter is the total number of characters allocated to the field, including the decimal point.

Precision

For some attribute types, controls the precision of the data by specifying the number of digits to the right of the decimal.