Edit Header

Note: This tool is for advanced FME users.

Tools > Edit Header

Each format has an associated technical chapter in the FME Readers and Writers manual. This manual lists all the directives available for the format.

Workbench usually contains an associated parameter in the Navigator for each directive. If the Navigator does not list a parameter, you can edit the workspace header to include its associated directive.

  1. Click Tools > Edit Header to open the mapping file editor.
  2. Locate the relevant header section for the dataset whose directive you need to add, and insert it as a macro. For example:

DWG_1_SUPPRESS_FONT_WARNINGS NO

You can also add the directive as a parameter in Workbench by including a string similar to this:

DEFAULT_MACRO _SUPP_FONT_DWG_1 NO
       GUI CHOICE _SUPP_FONT_DWG_1 YES%NO Suppress Font Warning:
       DWG_1_SUPPRESS_FONT_WARNINGS $(_SUPP_FONT_DWG_1)