Workarounds to Known Issues in FME 2019.x

Article by iainmccarthy · Sep 11, 2019 at 06:09 PM · edited · Mar 31 at 05:10 PM

Article applies to FME Desktop 2019.0+

Known Issues between FME 2019.0 and 2019.2

Problem	macOS Catalina may identify downloaded installers as a risk, and prevent opening via double-click
Workaround	There are several ways to get around this! #1 Instead of double-clicking the FME Desktop Installer icon, right click and select "Open". This will present a slightly different dialog which presents a warning, but allows the user to select "Open" anyway and continue with installation after providing password credentials. #2 Go to Settings / Security & Privacy after receiving the error message, and under General / Allow Apps Downloaded From .. select "Open Anyway" next to "FME Desktop Installer" #3 Optionally, you can also get around this from the command line by removing the quarantine Extended Attribute on the file: `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file`
Status	We aim to prevent this behaviour through pre-registration of installers via Apple's notary service (likely with FME 2020, but potentially with an earlier 2019.2 release)

Problem	Some users may experience application crashes with combinations of older Windows operating systems (specifically Windows 7) and third party applications such as Photoshop and Civil3D after installation of FME 2019.x.
Workaround	Upgrade to FME 2019.1.3+. Note prior versions of FME (2018.x) do not exhibit this behaviour either.
Status	Fixed in 2019.1.3 and available in the 2019.2 beta stream at http://safe.com/downloads

Problem

FME 64-bit fails to write to Geodatabase (File and SDE) with ArcGIS Pro 2.4 and 2.5. The following is an error message you may encounter:

An error occurred while attempting to insert a row into the table '<tablename>' using a cursor.

The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147418113'

AnThe error message from ArcObjects is: {}

The error message from ArcObjects is: {Class not registered}

Workaround

There are a couple of workarounds to resolve this with FME 2019 64-bit:

2. To continue using FME with ArcPro, switch the Python Compatibility to “Esri ArcGIS Pro 2.1 to 2.5 Python(3.6)”.

For FME 2019.x and higher, iIf you have no user defined Python (start-up/shutdown scripts or Python Caller) in your workspace, then please add a small startup Python script. To do this go to Navigator > Workspace Parameters > Scripting > Startup Python and add one line: print()
The option is required as an additional step due to our effort to reduce the workspaces with “Python 2.7” since Python 2.7 is deprecated

Status

This issue has been resolved in FME Desktop 2020.0. http://safe.com/downloads

Problem	When creating a File Geodatabase using the latest Esri ArcPro release (2.4/2.5 beta), and writing to it via FME's Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API) format, an error will occur. The error message may look like: ERROR \|Geodatabase Error (-2147219115): The row contains a bad value. ERROR \|FileGDB Writer: Could not create feature class 'TestPolygon' ERROR \|A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details WARN \|Geodatabase Error (-2147418113): Unexpected operation. WARN \|FileGDB Writer: Could not disable Load Only Mode for feature type 'TestPolygon'
Workaround	Use a File Geodatabase created in ArcGIS Desktop or use the Esri File Geodatabase (FGDB) writer.
Status	This has been reported to Esri and is currently being looked at

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