Writer Directives

The directives that are processed by the SDL writer are listed below. The suffixes shown are prefixed by the current <WriterKeyword>_ in a mapping file. By default, the <WriterKeyword> for the SDL writer is SDL.

DATASET

Required/Optional: Required

The value for this keyword is the name of the created SDL folder. If a folder of this name exists, it is replaced by the new SDL. A typical mapping file fragment specifying an output SDL dataset looks like:

SDL_DATASET /tmp

Workbench Parameter: Destination Autodesk MapGuide SDL Folder

DEF

Required/Optional: Required

The SDL writer uses SDL_DEF lines to define files to write features to. A typical mapping file fragment specifying an output SDL file looks like:

SDL_DEF roads