Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:14:16 +1000
Reply-To: Damian Birney <damian@PSY.UQ.EDU.AU>
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From: Damian Birney <damian@PSY.UQ.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: System registry object
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Thank you to all those that replyed to my request and particularly Edward
whose suggestion worked first time.
Regards,
Damian Birney
Dept. of Psychology
University of Queensland.
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Tverdek, Edward wrote:
> REREG.BAT didn't exist until SPSS 8.0, though Fabrizio
> is on the right track. In an SPSS 7.5 installation,
> there are a few more steps necessary to properly register
> pivot table objects. I've appended a note below which
> describes the process. Note that all files referred to
> will be found on the server in a network installation, so
> all paths to executable files should refer to the SPSS
> directory on the server (though this should be done from
> the workstation experiencing the problem).
>
> Ed Tverdek
> SPSS Technical Support
>
> ________________________________________________________
> Q.
>
> When we try to edit a pivot table in
>
> SPSS for Windows 7.5 Output Navigator, we
>
> get the message: "Failed to create object.
>
> Make sure the object is entered in the
>
> system registry." What is happening?
>
>
>
>
>
> A.
>
> SPSS pivot table objects have not been
>
> correctly entered into the registry.
>
> To fix this problem follow these steps
>
> in this order:
>
>
>
> 1) Close SPSS. Go to directory where
>
> SPSS is installed and double-click on the
>
> file called "regpurge.bat". This may take
>
> a minute or two to run, after it finishes
>
> you can close the window. (**Please note:
>
> running this file "regpurge.bat" will
>
> re-set all your preferences, like default
>
> Table Looks and Toolbar customizations.)
>
>
>
> 2) In the SPSS directory, double-click on
>
> the file called "newuser.bat". This should
>
> take a second to run, after it finishes
>
> close the window.
>
>
>
> 3) In Windows 95, go to the Start button,
>
> then Run the following command:
>
>
>
> c:\Progra~1\SPSS\regsvr32.exe spsspvt.ocx
>
>
>
> (**Note: You want to substitute the correct path
>
> where you have SPSS installed. In this example
>
> the path it c:\Program~1\SPSS which actually
>
> stands for c:\Program Files\SPSS which is the
>
> default installation directory. If you have
>
> it installed in Program Files you want to type
>
> it as Progra~1 like this example.)
>
>
>
> 4) In the SPSS directory, double-click on the
>
> file called "rereg75.bat".
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fabrizio Arosio [SMTP:Fabrizio_Arosio@ROTTA.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 5:40 AM
> > To: SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: System registry object
> >
> > Maybe during the installation process something done wrong: it seems
> > that not all spss objects are correctly registered into your system
> > registry.
> > I don't know how the network installation was made: have you a local
> > folder where are there some files of the spss program? Or all the
> > spss program file are in a folder of the network file server?
> >
> > The only way I can think of registering the spss objects is to run the
> > rereg.bat file located in the folder where spss is installed.
> > That batch uses both dregedit. exe and dregedit.dat files: make
> > sure that they are present into the spss installation folder before
> > running the batch. If they aren't into the spss local folder (that is,
> > present into your PC hard disk), look for them into the server
> > spss folder.
> >
> > If you have successfully executed rereg.bat but, after having
> > restarted your PC the problem persists, things become
> > more complicated: maybe you have to modify the
> > dregedit.dat file (it is a text file) by changing the text
> > containing the path of the spss installation folder (if
> > dregedit.dat is in the server, than ask for help to the
> > server administrator).
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Fabrizio
> > Monza (Mi) - Italy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Damian Birney <damian@PSY.UQ.EDU.AU> on 08/09/98 09.36.13
> >
> > Please respond to Damian Birney <damian@PSY.UQ.EDU.AU>
> >
> > To: SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> > cc: (bcc: Fabrizio Arosio/RRL/IT)
> > Subject: System registry object
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a new user to SPSS 7.5.1 and am fumbling around the output navigator.
> > When I try to double click on some output (e.g., a frequency table) or I
> > try to copy the output to the clipboard, I get the following error:
> > "Failed to create object. Make sure the object is entered in the system
> > regisrty"
> > This does not happen with charts.
> > Is this something to do with the installation (it is over a network), or a
> > setting within SPSS I need to change.
> > If anyone can help me out here and suggest what I should do, I would be
> > very grateful.
> >
> > Damian Birney
> > Dept. of Psychology
> > University of Queensland.
>
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