Date:         Wed, 24 Apr 1996 12:23:17 -0500
Reply-To:     "Bruce L. Peterson" <brucep@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Bruce L. Peterson" <brucep@SPSS.COM>
Organization: SPSS Inc.
Subject:      Re: .SAV File Formats

Karl Ratcliff wrote:
>
> I'm using SPSS for Windows 6.1 and have a large amount of data that needs
> transferring into an SPSS data file format. In order to do this I could
> do with the file formats for SPSS data files as I intend to write the data
> format conversion functions myself. I feel this is a better route than trying
> to import via Excel or any other package then export to SPSS as a lot of the
> formatting is lost. If someone could point me in the right direction it
> would be most useful,
>     Karl
 
Hi Karl
 
We can save you a little bit of work. Check the WWW page (www.spss.com). You
will
find three files. One describes our file format. The next is a description of
the
API for reading and writing SPSS system files. The last is the SPSSIO.DLL that
will
do the work for you. Just write to the API.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Bruce
 
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