• Workbench Format Resources
    • FME Terminology
    • FME Geometry Model
    • Feature Types
    • Using Database Connections
    • Using Web Service Connections
    • About FME Rasters
    • Standard FME Date and Time Format
  • All Formats
    • List of Supported Formats
  • Popular Formats
    • Quick Facts: Popular Formats
    • Bentley MicroStation Design Reader/Writer
    • Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF Reader/Writer
    • CSV (Comma-Separated Value) Reader/Writer
    • Esri Shapefile Reader/Writer
    • Esri Geodatabase Reader/Writer
    • FME Feature Store Reader/Writer
    • Google KML Reader/Writer
    • Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) Reader/Writer
    • MapInfo TAB (MAPINFO/MITAB) Reader/Writer
    • Microsoft Excel (XLSXR/XLSXW) Reader/Writer
    • TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Reader/Writer
    • XML (Extensible Markup Language) Reader/Writer
  • Transformers
    • Transformer Resources
  • New formats for 2018+
    • Apache Hive (Hadoop) Reader
    • Bentley i-model Interchange Format Reader
    • Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS) Reader
    • DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) Reader
    • FME Augmented Reality (AR) Writer
    • GDAL Generic Raster Reader
    • Google Cloud Spanner Reader/Writer
    • HERE Venue Map (GML) Reader/Writer
    • HYPACK Border Reader/Writer
    • IDRISI Raster Reader/Writer
    • InSAR Scientific Computing Environment (ISCE) Reader/Writer
    • LDAP/Active Directory Reader (Technology Preview)
    • Microsoft PowerPoint Writer
    • Microsoft Word Writer
    • PCD (Point Cloud Data) Reader/Writer
    • QVX (QlikView Data Exchange) Writer
    • R Statistical Raster Data (GRD) Reader/Writer
    • SOSI GML Reader/Writer
    • Well Logging Ascii Standard Format (WLAS) Reader
  • All Files
  • Vector Product Format (VPF) Coverage and Database Reader/Writer
    • VPF Reader Quick Facts
    • VPF Writer Quick Facts
    • VPF Coverage Reader Parameters
    • VPF_DB Reader Parameters
    • Feature Representation (VPF Reader)
    • Table Relations
      • Text Primitive Attributes
    • Using the VPF Writer
      • Value Description Tables
      • VPF Writing Tips
    • VPF_DB Writer Parameters
    • Feature Representation (VPF Writer)
    • Mapping File Directives (Technical Reference)
      • Mapping File Example
      • Reader Directives
      • Writer Directives

Format Mapping File Directives

Reader Directives

Writer Directives