Setting the ArcSDE Data Options - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

To access your ArcSDE data, MapInfo Pro must have access to the following ArcSDE client dynamically linked libraries (DLLs):

• sde.dll
• sg.dll
• pe.dll

These libraries are installed with the ArcGIS 9.2 desktop application, the ArcSDE SDK 9.2 or ArcReader 9.2 and they are present if you have installed ArcView 9.2, ArcEditor 9.2, or ArcInfo 9.2. For more information about ArcGIS Desktop applications and the ArcSDE SDK, refer to the appropriate ESRI documentation.

You can get these DLLS by downloading the ESRI ArcReader 9.2, which is a free download:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/

The PATH environment variable in your system settings should reference the local folder that contains these DLLs. For example, if you have ArcGIS 9.2 Desktop installed to:

C:\Program Files\ArcGIS

then the following directory should contain the ArcSDE 9.2 client libraries, and this directory needs to be added to your PATH:

C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcSDE\bin.

Similarly, if the ArcSDE SDK 9.2 is installed to the default location, then the required ArcSDE 9.2 client libraries should be in the following directory, which needs to be added to your PATH:

C:\ArcGis\ArcSDE\bin.

If you do not adhere to this path configuration, the Formats Gallery dialog box will display the ArcSDE data, but it will be grayed out and unavailable.

To ensure that MapInfo Pro finds DLLs, we recommend that you add their location to your system path or place them in the MapInfo Pro or Universal Translator paths.

To add the DLL location to your Windows path:

1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel, System, and Advanced to display the Advanced tab.
2. Click Environment Variables to display the Environment Variables dialog box.
3. In the System Variables list double-click the Path entry. Go to the end of the edit box, add a semicolon (;) and add the absolute path to the ArcSDE DLLs. Click OK to save your addition.

To set the ArcSDE data options:

1. Select the ESRI ArcSDE format and appropriate data.
2. Click Settings to display the ArcSDE Input settings. Select the appropriate options and click OK.

   For ESRI ArcSDE Input Settings, see Input Settings for ESRI ArcSDE Dialog Box (FME).

Notes:

• When you extend MapInfo Pro with the FME Suite Base edition, the ArcSDE format is not available. For a complete list of formats available in the FME Base edition, see http://www.safe.com/products/desktop/formats/index.php.
• You cannot open ArcSDE raster datasets using the Universal Data feature. Only vector datasets are currently supported.
• The source data area will default to SDE, which is the data you will use most often. Change the default name if required. If you are using 3.x/8.x/9.x with Oracle, you do not have to change the default data name, since Oracle ignores this field.
• You cannot connect to ArcSDE with the Universal Data command (on the HOME tab, in the File group, on the Open list, click Universal Data) if the user name has quotation marks in it.