Hi Jonathon,
I found this at SPSS Tech Support. Its similar to your problem and
there's a workaround being proposed.
Best regards,
Florio
Resolution number: 61827 Created on: Dec 21 2005 Last Reviewed on:
Jun 17 2007
Problem Subject: Trouble with the Find/Replace function in SPSS 14.0
Syntax Editor
Problem Description: I'm using SPSS 14.0 for Windows and I'm having
trouble with the Find/Replace function in the Syntax Editor. The one
thing that I can consistently replicate is that a string that starts
in the first character of the first line of a syntax file seems to be
invisible to the Find dialog box.
For instance, I have a syntax file that starts with a GET FILE
command in that first position, first line -- and that's the only
appearance of "get" in the file. If I try to Find (i.e., Edit->Find,
or clicking the Binoculars in the toolbar) the string "get" the
application responds with a "Not Found" message. If I then put either
a single extra space or an extra line before the GET FILE command,
then the Find function can find the "get" string. This problem is
replicable -- it happens every single time, in 14.0.1 as well.
What's wrong?
Resolution Subject: This appears to be a defect
Resolution Description:
This is a defect and has been fixed in SPSS 15.0 for Windows. As a
workaround if you have extended Find/Replaces to do as part of your
editing, you could select all the text in your syntax file, and
copy/paste to a simple text editor, such as NotePad or Programmer's
File Editor. Perform your editing and then copy/paste your edited
code back to the SPSS Syntax Editor and save.
There have been other reported issues with the Find feature in SPSS
14.0 and 15.0 that we have not been able to consistently replicate,
and thus cannot be certain have been fixed along with the other
replicable issues. One example involves a file with over 50 instances
of a particular string, but sporadically the Find/Replace dialog can
only "see" the first instance -- clicking Find Next in the dialog box
does not advance the cursor to the next instance. So far SPSS
Development has not been able to replicate this issue in a controlled
environment, but user reports indicate that closing and re-opening
the syntax file does seem to "re-set" the Find dialog's
functionality. SPSS 16.0 for Windows will use a new syntax editor and
all Find/Replace functionality should work as expected in that release.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Product(s) Affected:
Product Version
SPSS 15.0.1
SPSS 14.0.1
SPSS 14.0
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At 11:10 PM 9/27/2007, Little, Jonathon wrote:
>Dear LISTERS,
>
>has anybody had trouble using the FIND off the Edit menu in the SPSS
>syntax editor. That is, goto Edit on the Menu and choose Find (Ctrl+F).
>I notice that this is unable to find text that I know is there.
>
>Has anybody reported this problem and does anyone know of the solution
>to this bug.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Jonathon
>Jonathon Little
>WA Department of Health
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