Esri released its File Geodatabase API in mid 2011, and it seems that QGIS via GDAL's OGR FileGDB Driver added support for the File Geodatabase within about a year.
By support, I mean simply being able to display, identify and query features using a direct read, with editing them not necessarily being required.
Has such support of File Geodatabases also been implemented for MapInfo Professional at any release (or via an extension)?
Please note that this question is only about File Geodatabase (*.gdb) rather than Personal Geodatabase (*.mdb) support because there is a big difference between the two formats.
Answer
MapInfo Pro(fessional) 12.5 has some new supported formats. One of these is called "ESRI Geodatabase (File Geodb API)".
This can be used from File > Open Universal Data for direct read. MapInfo Pro will create a tab file containing links to the geodatabase and reading the data from the geodatabase when the table is being opened.
You can also use FME Quick Translator (aka Universal Translator) (found in the Tools menu or in the Tools Manager) to translate the data into another format. There the tab files created do not contain a link to the original data.
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