Date:         Wed, 8 May 1996 20:34:01 GMT
Reply-To:     David Nichols <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         David Nichols <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Organization: SPSS, Inc.
Subject:      Re: format of SPSS histogram/barchart files?

In article <3190C4A4.5206@uvvm.uvic.ca>,
Chris Conway  <u0343@uvvm.uvic.ca> wrote:
>I'm running SPSS 5.0 on UNIX.  Ran the command
>
>  frequencies/variables=var1 var2/barchart.
>
>SPSS outputs two new files: chfil1.cht and chfil2.cht in some format I
>don't recognize.  What do I do with these files to print the barcharts?
>The only printer I have is a HP laserjet 4; I normally "get" my output
>files from UNIX to my PC using FTP, so need a print command that will
>work for this configuration.
>
>Any suggestions?  Doesn't SPSS generate "normal" ASCII output for
>histograms anymore?
 
Use
 
SET HIGHRES OFF
 
to turn off the high resolution charts and get ASCII character plots.
 
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