[Rd] SPSS I/O dll was: 8 char labels in read.spss

[Duncan Murdoch]

Knut Krueger wrote:
> 
> Thomas Lumley schrieb:
> 
> 
>>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Knut Krueger wrote:
>> 
>>
>>
>>>I found a definition of the SPSS files.
>>>http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=spssdata
>>>but they recommend to use the spss input/output dll to ensure upward
>>>compatbility
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>"Well, they would say that, wouldn't they" (Rice-Davis 1963)
>>
>>Unfortunately, that document is an old file format. It doesn't describe 
>>record 7 subtype 13, which is where the long variable names live.
>>
> 
> What about using the SPSS input dll for those R users which would like to use their old SPSS files. 

If you have that file, then presumably you have SPSS, and can ask it to 
output a documented file format.

Duncan Murdoch