Learn how to add GUI widgets such as dropdown boxes and radio buttons to your FME application in order to allow your user to direct the flow of the application. The presentation includes a working example and a business case in which you would use a GUI widget in FME.

1. FME GUI Directives
Jim O’Leary
Programmer / Analyst, City of Vancouver

2. Wouldn’t you like to…?
 Prompt your FME user to make a choice
 Like:
 Give your FME user a message
 Like:

3. Introducing FME GUI Directives
 What is a Directive?
 Instruction sent through Python code
 Gives a dialog box some “direction” as to what kind
of dialog box it is

4. Two FME Help Pages
 FME GUI Directives page (WHAT)
http://dev.fmepedia.com/index.php/FME_GUI_Direc
tives
 FME Python API Web Page (HOW)
http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Objects_Pytho
n_API/index.html

5. Okay, I’ll show you
1. Write the directives
3. Read the directives
5. Read the user response
4. Write the user response
2. Create the dialog box
(But who am I?)

6. Output/Input Text File
 Write parameters
 Write user choice

7. Demo
 Require the user to make a selection

8. PEBKAC Problem
 Problem
 Exists
 Between
 Keyboard
 And
 Chair

9. Summary
 GUI Directives allow the FME developer to display
a dialog box in an FME script
 Can be used for:
 Making choices
 Displaying messages
 Other?

10. Thank You!
 For more information:
 Jim O’Leary – jim.oleary@vancouver.ca
 City of Vancouver