Panorama Storage and eXchange Format (SXF) Reader Parameters

Each dataset must be defined before it can be read. The definition contains the .SXF file name, followed by the names and types of the attributes.

The schema is determined by reading attribute and feature type names from an .RSC file, which can be supplied by the user. If the folder containing the .SXF file also contains an .RSC file with the same name, then that .RSC will be used. Otherwise, a default .RSC file will be used.

Attribute Types

Field Type

Description

string (<width>)

String fields store fixed length strings. The width parameter controls the maximum number of characters that can be stored by the field. No padding is required for strings shorter than this width.

Notes:

Strings encountered that have length greater than width will still be returned; they will not be truncated.

The width parameter is only valuable if the features will be passed to another format that requires this information.

real

Real fields store double precision floating point values.

Notes:

Native SXF attributes can also be 8, 16 or 32 bit integers. However, these integers can be associated with an exponent byte, which could make their value too large to be represented as an integer. Therefore, FME converts all numeric attributes to reals.

integer

Integer fields store 32-bit integers.

Notes:

The sxf_object_class_code is the only attribute of this type.

Layers

This area contains layer selection and naming options.