Thanks for your time Rich. You bring up good questions. And no,
there was nothing wrong with my file, device or directory name, no illegal
characters or anything else. This was the code I used:
OUTPUT SAVE NAME=Document1
OUTFILE='C:\Users\Lisa\Documents\Research\Board
Composition - India\Directors.spv'
LOCK=NO.
And all I got was “failed to save document: C:\Users\Lisa\Documents\Research\Board
Composition - India\Directors.spv” and no other information.
So, I shut down SPSS (and did something else for a while). Later
when I restarted it, the syntax ran just fine. So far, I have not been able to
duplicate the problem. But if I do, I’ll give tech support a holler.
Thanks again.
Best,
Lisa
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rich Ulrich
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:35 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: error when trying to save output file
Look at your file name, requested for the
save.
What could be wrong with it? No such device or directory,
illegal characters in name, write-protected? Anything?
If you want more answer from the folks who know more,
you need to produce more documentation, like - cut and
paste the syntax from the output, with the command in the syntax.
--
Rich Ulrich
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:41:30 -0400
From: [hidden email]
Subject: error when trying to save output file
To: [hidden email]
Hi
SPSSers,
I’m
using SPSS v17.02 and having a problem trying to save an output file
(.spv). I keep getting a “failed to save document” error
message with no other info.
Does
anyone have any idea what the problem is?
Thanks
in advance.
Best,
Lisa
Lisa
T. Stickney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Merrick School of Business
University of Baltimore
Ph: 410-837-6607
Fax: 410-837-5675
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