If you install the FME Suite from Safe Software, you can open even more formats from within MapInfo Pro. To extend MapInfo Pro to use these additional formats, use the FME Integration Console that ships with the FME Suite. There are a couple of caveats to keep in mind:
- Make sure that the version of the FME Suite that you are using is the same version or later than that which has been integrated with MapInfo Pro. This means you must have FME Suite 2016 or later. This works on a build number basis, so even a minor update to MapInfo Pro or FME Suite could result in discrepancies between the products and could prevent you from opening particular formats.
- Precisely localizes the dialog boxes of the FME product that we use in MapInfo Pro. However, when you extend MapInfo Pro with the FME Suite, this functionality is effectively run from the FME Suite, using the FME Suite dialog boxes.
For example, if you are running the Japanese version of MapInfo Pro and you install the English version of the FME Suite, the dialog boxes that display for this feature will be in English. If you revert to the MapInfo Pro implementation of this feature, the translated dialog boxes will display in Japanese.
Extending MapInfo Pro with FME Suite
You must have a valid FME Suite License to extend MapInfo Pro to open additional data source formats.
To open even more universal data source formats in MapInfo Pro:
- On the Start menu, click All Programs, FME, Utilities, and FME Integration Console.
- To extend MapInfo Pro, click Extend.
If you have extended MapInfo Pro and want to return to MapInfo Pro Universal Data functionality only, click Revert. You might want to revert to MapInfo Pro if you have the Base FME Suite and you want to work with ArcSDE data.
- Click Close to close the FME Integration Console.