SPSS to SAS: only partial variable labels

[Joseph Hoffman]

Dear fellow SPSS users:

I am trying to convert an SPSS data file to SAS, using SPSS version 15 for
Windows.
I used the following commands, and got the Warning message that "excess
labels will be omitted."  SPSS successfully copied over the variable
labels for the first 2/3 of the variables, but then just stopped. Is there
any way I can increase a default memory or buffer size to allow SPSS to
copy all the variable labels?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Sincerely,
Joe Hoffman

Here's my code and message:

get file = 'G:\q556\data\Master_file\master.sav'.
SAVE TRANSLATE OUTFILE='G:\q556\data\Master_file\master.sas7bdat'
  /TYPE=SAS /VERSION=7 /PLATFORM=WINDOWS /MAP /REPLACE
  /VALFILE='G:\q556\data\Master_file\master.sas' .

>Warning # 9077
>The cumulative length of the variable labels exceeds the limitations of
the
>target file type.  The excess labels will be omitted.


Data written to G:\q556\data\Master_file\master.sas7bdat.
963 variables and 176 cases written.
Variable: ID                 Type: Number   Width:  12   Dec: 0
Variable: SIA1               Type: Number   Width:   3   Dec: 0
. . . . .

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Joseph H Hoffman
Data Analyst
Research Institute on Addictions
State University of New York at Buffalo
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