Translating Multiple Files - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

The Universal Translator gives you the option to select multiple files, or a directory of files, to translate. The data is merged during the translate process to produce a single output file.

To translate multiple files:

1. Run the Universal Translator tool to display the FME Quick Translator window. On the HOME tab, in the Tools group, click Tool Extensions, and on the Running tab, double-click Universal Translator (see Running a Tool for details.)
2. On the FME Quick Translator dialog box, on the File menu, click Translate to open the Set Translation Parameters dialog box.
3. Beside the Format list box in the Reader panel, click Browse the gallery . The Reader Gallery dialog box opens.
4. Select the format of the dataset that you want to translate and then click OK.
5. Beside the Dataset field, click the Open advanced browser button. The Select File dialog box opens.
6. Click either:
   • Add Files to select individual files to translate. To select more than one file in the Select One or More Files dialog box, press Ctrl while selecting files. Make your selections and then click Open.
   • Add Directories to select a directory of files to translate. Make your selection in the Select a Folder dialog box and then click Choose.

     You can select to open both individual files and a directory. Your selections display in the Select File dialog box. When you are finished making selections, click OK.

7. From the Multiple Source Dataset Options list, select how you want to save the output of the translation. When you add an directory as input, these options enable:
   • Merge source datasets to one destination - Select to merge all of the input files into a single output file.
   • Separate destinations for each source file - Select to generate an output file for each input file.
   • Separate destination for each source directory - Select to generate output directories for each input directory.
8. In the FME Quick Translator window, beside the Format list box in the Writer panel, click Browse the gallery . The Writer Gallery dialog box opens.
9. Select the format to translate to and then click OK.
10. In the Dataset field, enter the path to where you want to save the dataset file or click Open file browser and search for a location.

    The translation will generate a single dataset file from your data file selections.

11. Click Parameters to open a dialog box of parameters that may be set for the dataset that you want to create.
12. Click OK to begin the translate.