Re: SPSS 28: Accumulating "phantom" datasets in Windows taskbar popup

Posted by Bruce Weaver on
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/SPSS-28-Accumulating-phantom-datasets-in-Windows-taskbar-popup-tp5740892p5740908.html

Hi Jon.  If I insert NEW FILE and DATASET CLOSE ALL commands in TEST1.sps, I get the phantom datasets when I manually run that code repeatedly.  See TEST4.sps below.  

In my university's IT ticket system, I did see that some of the patches had been downloaded, so I did run the one that mentioned DATASET CLOSE.  I think that was 28.0.1-IM-S28STATC-Win64-IF002.  But I'm still having the problem.  My preference right now would be to revert to v27, but my university IT folks have not given us the interim fix needed to fix the Log4j vulnerability that was announced recently.  

I probably shouldn't say this in an SPSS forum, but updates for Stata are SO much easier!  Help > Check for updates.  No fuss, no muss.  No labyrinthine website to navigate.  ;-)  

Cheers,
Bruce


* TEST4.sps.
NEW FILE.
DATASET CLOSE ALL.

DATA LIST free / Case (F1) Note (A45).
BEGIN DATA
1 "Computed using SPSS ARTAN function"
2 "Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/"
END DATA.

DO IF Case EQ 1.
- COMPUTE Pi = 4*ARTAN(1).
ELSE.
- COMPUTE Pi = 3.141592653589793.
END IF.
FORMATS Pi (F20.15).
LIST Pi Note.  

jkpeck wrote

Thanks, Bruce.  I don't see this misbehavior in 28.0.0.  I have forwarded the report to QA.  

It might have something to do with the INSERT command.  Do you have those hot fixes installed when you see this or not?