Reader Directives

The directives that are processed by the ArcPad AXF reader are listed in the topics in this section. The suffixes shown are prefixed by the current <ReaderKeyword> in a mapping file.

By default, the <ReaderKeyword> for the ArcPad AXF reader is ARCPADAXF.

DATASET

The value for this directive is the path to the file to be read.

Required/Optional

Required

Mapping File Syntax

ARCPADAXF_DATASET C:\Maps\Europe\France.axf

Workbench Parameter

Source ArcPad AXF File(s)

TRANSLATE_SPATIAL_DATA_ONLY

This directive is used for translating spatial data only.

When set to YES, non-spatial tables, relationships, domains, and subtypes will not be translated. If this directive is specified when generating a workspace or mapping file, then no schemas will be returned for non-spatial tables.

Required/Optional

Optional

Mapping File Syntax

ARCPADAXF_TRANSLATE_SPATIAL_DATA_ONLY YES

Parameter

<translate_spatial_data_only>

Workbench Parameter

Spatial Data Only

SEARCH_ENVELOPE

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.

Mapping File Syntax

<ReaderKeyword>_SEARCH_ENVELOPE <minX> <minY> <maxX> <maxY>

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

Required/Optional

Optional

Workbench Parameter

Minimum X, Minimum Y, Maximum X, Maximum Y

CLIP_TO_ENVELOPE

This directive specifies whether or not FME should clip features to the envelope specified in the SEARCH_ENVELOPE directive.

Values

YES | NO (default)

Mapping File Syntax

<ReaderKeyword>_CLIP_TO_ENVELOPE [yes | no]

Workbench Parameter

Clip To Envelope