Date:         Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:39:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Serge Beaulieu <beaulieu.serge@gmail.com>
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From:         Serge Beaulieu <beaulieu.serge@gmail.com>
Subject:      They improved Display Labels - Arrg!
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>So from an engineering point of view, we believe it is much better to
provide a stable api that hides the internal >complexities of the sav file
than to document a complex and changing internal structure.  And asking
>programmers to recreate this complex structure from a format document
without the help of an api is a recipe >for having sav files floating around
that are not quite right.  Which approach would you rather use?
>Regards,
>Jon Peck
>SPSS

1) I'd like the choice.

2) I'd just like to be able to create an spss file - without anything but
docs telling me how to do it.  What if I am trying to create the spss file
in a nonwindows environment?  I want to bve able to create them on the fly
and distribute them to my customers.





Serge