The MIF writer creates and writes feature data to MIF files in the folder specified by the DATASET keyword. As with the reader, the folder must exist before the translation occurs. Any old MIF files in the folder are overwritten with the new feature data. As features are routed to the MIF writer, the MIF writer determines the file into which the features are written and outputs them accordingly. Many MIF files can be written during a single FME session.
The version of MIF files produced depends on the data being written. FME automatically writes the lowest possible version that still supports the data. For example, if time or datetime attributes are being written, or the coordinate system is “Krovak S-JTSK”, then the version will be set to at least 900; otherwise it will be lower if the data can be supported in a lower version.
When the MIF writer receives a feature with an fme_color or fme_fill_color attribute, the writer will honor the color values. The only exception is when native MapInfo color settings are also present, in which case the native settings will take precedence.
The MIF writer will not create MIF files larger than 2GB.