File extension FMW
| File type | FME Workspace Format |
| Developer | Safe Software |
| Ads |
What is a FMW file?
File with a .FMW extension contains a project with management settings for spatial data in a visual form, both for input data sets, properties of their translations and output data. Projects enable read of data from many formats of relational databases, text files or other types of files.
FMW files can be used by FME Workbench, which is a part of the FME Desktop suite. The software is used to transform spatial data. Due to its support for a wide range of types of input data, it is called ETL – Extract, Translate, Load for spatial data.
Program(s) that can open the .FMW file
Windows
How to open FMW files
If you cannot open the FMW file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports FMW among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the FMW file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the FMW format files
The inability to open and operate the FMW file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the FME Workspace Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a FMW file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the FMW file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the FMW from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the FMW format
- The FMW file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the FMW file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a FMW file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the FMW file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the FMW file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the FMW file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.FMW) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected FMW file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the FMW file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. FMW) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.