Date:         Wed, 9 Apr 1997 11:49:00 -0500
Reply-To:     "Matheson, David" <davidm@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Matheson, David" <davidm@SPSS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syntax transformations
Comments: To: "William B. Ware" <wbware@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>

Actually, the Preferences choice described by William Ware affects
whether transformations
that are performed in the menus are calculated immediately or held until
a procedure is run.
If the transformations are run from a syntax window and not followed by
a procedure that
passes the data, they are 'pending' -  you should see the note
'transformations pending'
in the status bar at the bottom of your SPSS window.
To execute the transformations immediately, follow your compute, count,
etc. statement(s)
with the command:
 
execute.
 
and highlight this command along with your transformation command(s)
before clicking
on the run icon. You can also force pending transformations to run by
clicking on the
Transform menu and choosing 'Run Pending Transforms' (which will only be
dark if there are
transformations pending).
 
David Matheson
SPSS Technical Support
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>From:  William B. Ware[SMTP:wbware@EMAIL.UNC.EDU]
>Sent:  Wednesday, April 09, 1997 11:26 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SPSSX-L
>Subject:       Re: Syntax transformations
>
>On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Melissa Mack wrote:
>
>> I am using SPSSWIN 6.1.3 and have noticed a peculiarity when using syntax
>>to
>> calculate various transformations.  If the transformation is typed and ran
>> through the syntax mode, the new variable name appears in the data file but
>> no calculated values appear unless I ask SPSS to save the file.  I have
>>waited
>> for long periods of time (10 minutes) for a simple compute command to
>>produce
>> the results.  Am I forgetting to type a command that would produce the
>> results in the column?
>
>Check your preferences... Click on EDIT and then PREFERENCES and look in
>the upper right corner of the dialog box.  I suspect that you have it set
>on "run before using".  If you change it to "run immediately" that might
>do it...
>
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