Open an External Vector File

Instructions

SDX For Files file engine provides a shortcut for opening external vector files. If users don’t want to import the external vector files by the method of importing data, they can open the external vector files by the method of opening the datasources.

Every data can be opened into a datasource. The opened external vector files can be added into this datasource in the form of vector dataset and this dataset is editable.

Basic Steps

The operations steps of opening the external vector file are similar to the steps of opening file datasource.

1. In the Datasource group of the Start tab, click the File… drop-down arrow on the right of the Open button, and pop up the dropdown menu.
2. In the drop-down list that appears, click the Open File… item.
3. The Open Datasource dialog box shows up for you to set parameters needed for opening the external vector files. When finished, click the Open button.

4. File Name: Input the name of the external vector file you want to open.

   • SDX For Files: *.shp, .mif, .tab, .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .kml, .kmz, .gml, .wal, .wan, .wap, .wat, .csv, .e00.
   • Image Plugin Data Engine:.sit, .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, ..png, .tif, .tiff, .img, .sci, .gif, .gci, .sct, .xml, .ecw, .sid, .bil, .jp2, .j2k.
5. By this way open to help users more quickly and easily open the data.
6. Open mode: If you open a datasource in read-only mode, the datasource cannot be modified.

Note

To open any *.e00, *.gdb, *.gml and *.dgn formats, both an FME module license and Bin package are required.