EXPORT - mystified

[Richard Ristow]

Running 17.0.2 under Windows XP.

I have a program with the statement

* Export report output in .RTF form:                           ... .
OUTPUT EXPORT  NAME=[hidden email]
  /CONTENTS  EXPORT=ALL  LAYERS=ALL  MODELVIEWS=PRINTSETTING
  /DOC 
   DOCUMENTFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\My Documents' +
                  '\Professional\MetLife\'                       +
                   'Report V - Q&A report.doc'
     NOTESCAPTIONS=YES  WIDETABLES=SHRINK
     PAGESIZE     =INCHES(11.0,8.5)
     TOPMARGIN    =INCHES(1.0)
     BOTTOMMARGIN =INCHES(1.0)
     LEFTMARGIN   =INCHES(0.75)
     RIGHTMARGIN  =INCHES(0.75).

In the program where I have it, it routinely terminates very quickly; in the export summary, gives only a black-outlined box saying "Viewer"; and produces no output file.

I can, reliably, export it from the menus (File > Export). Of course, that doesn't let me specify the page-size parameters; and this output really needs to be in landscape orientation.

Besides, when I export using the menus, the EXPORT code is not recorded in the SPSS journal, so there's no knowing what the code from the menu is doing differently.

Does anybody know anything that could bear on this problem?

And, by the way, why should there ever be SPSS code that is executed, but not included in the journal?

-Frustrated,
 Richard

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[SPSS Support]

Hi Richard,

 

There appears to be a bug involving handling of the ampersand (&) in the file name here. Please try this after changing the name so that it doesn't include that character and see if it works for you.

 

There also seems to be a bug in that the OUTPUT EXPORT command is not sent to the log or to the journal file when you run this from the menus.

 

We'll try to get both of these fixed as soon as we can. Our apologies for the frustration. I am able to specify the PAGESIZE and MARGIN values through the menus. In the Export Output dialog, click on the Change Options button and in the dialog that pops up, click on the Page Setup for Export button. You should be able to change to Landscape orientation, and to specify the margins.

 

David Nichols

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Richard Ristow
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:13 AM
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] EXPORT - mystified

Running 17.0.2 under Windows XP.

I have a program with the statement

* Export report output in .RTF form:                           ... .
OUTPUT EXPORT  NAME=[hidden email]
  /CONTENTS  EXPORT=ALL  LAYERS=ALL  MODELVIEWS=PRINTSETTING
  /DOC 
   DOCUMENTFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\My Documents' +
                  '\Professional\MetLife\'                       +
                   'Report V - Q&A report.doc'
     NOTESCAPTIONS=YES  WIDETABLES=SHRINK
     PAGESIZE     =INCHES(11.0,8.5)
     TOPMARGIN    =INCHES(1.0)
     BOTTOMMARGIN =INCHES(1.0)
     LEFTMARGIN   =INCHES(0.75)
     RIGHTMARGIN  =INCHES(0.75).

In the program where I have it, it routinely terminates very quickly; in the export summary, gives only a black-outlined box saying "Viewer"; and produces no output file.

I can, reliably, export it from the menus (File > Export). Of course, that doesn't let me specify the page-size parameters; and this output really needs to be in landscape orientation.

Besides, when I export using the menus, the EXPORT code is not recorded in the SPSS journal, so there's no knowing what the code from the menu is doing differently.

Does anybody know anything that could bear on this problem?

And, by the way, why should there ever be SPSS code that is executed, but not included in the journal?

-Frustrated,
 Richard

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