Adding and formatting comments in output?

[Robert L]

In some cases, I think it could be convenient to suppress printing of all extras (log, notes, warnings,...) in output and just add a comment or two to explain what has been done. Text fields can be inserted in an active output window (Insert/ Text Field/...), but what if I want to do that in the syntax? Anyone who has found any good way to achieve this?

Robert

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[Jon K Peck]

The TEXT extension command allows you to insert comment text blocks with syntax.  You can get it from the SPSS Community site.  Besides plain text, it allows you to use html or rtf formatting in the text.

Example:
text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up".

or

text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up"
/outline heading= "WARNING!".


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In some cases, I think it could be convenient to suppress printing of all extras (log, notes, warnings,...) in output and just add a comment or two to explain what has been done. Text fields can be inserted in an active output window (Insert/ Text Field/...), but what if I want to do that in the syntax? Anyone who has found any good way to achieve this?

Robert

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[David Marso]

ECHO "Is this what you want to do?".

Robert Lundqvist-3 wrote

In some cases, I think it could be convenient to suppress printing of all extras (log, notes, warnings,...) in output and just add a comment or two to explain what has been done. Text fields can be inserted in an active output window (Insert/ Text Field/...), but what if I want to do that in the syntax? Anyone who has found any good way to achieve this?

Robert

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[Jon K Peck]

Probably not, since echo output is buried in the log blocks.


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Robert Lundqvist-3 wrote
> In some cases, I think it could be convenient to suppress printing of all
> extras (log, notes, warnings,...) in output and just add a comment or two
> to explain what has been done. Text fields can be inserted in an active
> output window (Insert/ Text Field/...), but what if I want to do that in
> the syntax? Anyone who has found any good way to achieve this?
>
> Robert
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[Robert L]

Thanks for the suggestion, it seems to be just what I want. As far as I can see, the TEXT extension requires the Python extension, could that be correct? And that latter extension is not available for free, but one of the licensed add-ons?

 

Robert

 

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The TEXT extension command allows you to insert comment text blocks with syntax.  You can get it from the SPSS Community site.  Besides plain text, it allows you to use html or rtf formatting in the text.

Example:
text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up".

or

text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up"
/outline heading= "WARNING!".


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[Jon K Peck]

TEXT does require the Python Essentials - in fact, I think it is included in them.  The Essentials are free and available from the SPSS Community site (www.ibm.com/developerworks/spssdevcentral) as far back as V18.  For V21, the Essentials are provided on the download site for Statistics itself.


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From:        Robert Lundqvist <[hidden email]>
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Thanks for the suggestion, it seems to be just what I want. As far as I can see, the TEXT extension requires the Python extension, could that be correct? And that latter extension is not available for free, but one of the licensed add-ons?
 
Robert
 
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The TEXT extension command allows you to insert comment text blocks with syntax.  You can get it from the SPSS Community site.  Besides plain text, it allows you to use html or rtf formatting in the text.

Example:
text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up".

or

text "Don't believe anything that follows this note."  "The data were all made up"
/outline heading= "WARNING!".


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[Robert L]

Many thanks for your reply, I hope to get the technicians set up the Python module soon. And that brings me to another question: the TEXT extension is part of the Python Essentials and should not require any further installation. But what about other extensions, are they possible to set up as a local user without admin priviliges, or do they have to be set up (globally?) by admins? We have got a network license for SPSS.

 

Robert

 

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TEXT does require the Python Essentials - in fact, I think it is included in them.  The Essentials are free and available from the SPSS Community site (www.ibm.com/developerworks/spssdevcentral) as far back as V18.  For V21, the Essentials are provided on the download site for Statistics itself.


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[Jon K Peck]

See below.


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From:        Robert Lundqvist <[hidden email]>
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Date:        02/28/2013 01:59 AM
Subject:        Re: [SPSSX-L] Adding and formatting comments in output?

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Many thanks for your reply, I hope to get the technicians set up the Python module soon. And that brings me to another question: the TEXT extension is part of the Python Essentials and should not require any further installation. But what about other extensions, are they possible to set up as a local user without admin priviliges, or do they have to be set up (globally?) by admins? We have got a network license for SPSS.
 
Robert

If you have write permission to the directory structure where Statistics is installed, you can install extensions yourself.  However on Win7 and Vista, typically users need admin privileges to write to or under the Program Files directory, which is the default installation location for Statistics.  If you have V21, the extension installer should divert to the APPDATA area (on Windows), but for any version you can set environment variables that point to a location or locations where you do have write permission.  In fact, some installations include a network location in the directory lists in these variables so that a network admin can update everyone by installing to a common network location.

These variables are documented in the help, but they just work like the PATH environment variable.  The names are
SPSS_CDIALOGS_PATH   (for custom dialog locations)
SPSS_EXTENSIONS_PATH (for extension commands)

See also the FAQ on the SPSS Community site.

HTH,
Jon Peck

 
Från: Jon K Peck [mailto:peck@...]
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TEXT does require the Python Essentials - in fact, I think it is included in them.  The Essentials are free and available from the SPSS Community site (www.ibm.com/developerworks/spssdevcentral) as far back as V18.  For V21, the Essentials are provided on the download site for Statistics itself.


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