SPSS 12.

0 for Windows

September 2003

Installation

Instructions for installing the SPSS 12.0 for Windows, including the minimum
hardware and software requirements, are located in the Individual Installation
Instructions on the CD-ROM in the Installation Documents directory.

Information and Limitations

New features - For a list of new features in the latest SPSS for Windows
release, please visit http://www.spss.com/spssbi/spss/whats_new.htm.
For a list of new features in SPSS 12.0, see the What's New in SPSS 12.0?
topic in the online help or the cover letter that was included with your system.

Reading new files in older versions - Because of changes to the format of

the SPSS document (*.spo) file, output documents created in SPSS 12.0
may not be readable by earlier versions of SPSS.

USER GET and USER PROC dropped - SPSS for Windows no longer
supports the USER GET and USER PROC syntax commands.

Specifying substitution fonts when converting TrueType to PostScript in

EPS exports - When exporting charts or maps from the SPSS Viewer to
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), one may choose an option to convert
TrueType fonts to PostScript fonts. Although the default behavior of this
option is to match up a TrueType font with a PostScript font family for
conversion, one can explicitly specify a substitution PostScript font in the
IEx_Font.ini configuration file located in the SPSS installation directory
(directions and samples included). This feature may prove useful for users of
multi-byte text who require conversion to a specific PostScript font.

Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) cropped in Internet Explorer - SPSS Viewer

objects exported as EMFs are cropped when viewed using Internet Explorer.
Netscape cannot read the EMF format.

SPSS doesn’t work with Altiris Vision User Module 3.1 - There is a
memory conflict with Microsoft DirectDraw and SPSS when Altiris Vision is
installed using the “Run before logon” option. In order to resolve this problem
you must not install Altiris Vision with this option - use "Add to startup menu"
or "Run manually" instead. You must uninstall and re-install Altiris Vision if
you already have an installation using “Run before logon” and are
 experiencing problems.

Known Problems

Graphics - The new SPSS Graphics system contains the following known
problems:

 Data element style preferences cannot be saved in a template.

 Point labels for some FACTOR, PROXSCAL, and ALSCAL plots.

Where the point represent variables in FACTOR, PROXSCAL, and
ALSCAL plots, the points are labeled with the variable name. In
previous versions, the points were labeled with the variable label.

 Uninstalling SmartViewer. If you have SPSS for Windows and

SmartViewer installed on the same computer, uninstalling
SmartViewer may cause SPSS for Windows to stop displaying
graphics. You can correct the problem by repairing your SPSS for
Windows installation. In the Windows Add/Remove programs,
locate SPSS 12.0 for Windows, press Change, and follow the
prompts to repair the system.

Text Import Wizard and characters - SPSS cannot process string values
longer than 255 characters. Before you import the data, edit it to reduce the
length of the strings. If you encounter a problem importing a value that
contains a foreign character, edit the file and remove the character to fix the
problem.

SPSS Connect ODBC drivers for SQL Server - The SPSS Connect ODBC
driver to use depends on the version of SQL Server at your site. Use the
SPSS OEM 4.2 SQL Server Wire Protocol driver for SQL Server versions 7.x
and 2000. Use the SPSS OEM 4.2 SQL Server with SQL Server version 6.x
databases.
Note that you can use the Microsoft SQL Server driver for SQL Server
versions 6.x and higher.

SPSS Connect ODBC drivers, double-byte and Oracle - If you want to

access data from an Oracle database that has double-byte characters, do not
use the Oracle Wire Protocol driver. Instead use the Oracle driver.

Save can lose all cases - Under rare conditions, SPSS can lose data when
you save a file. You may be able to work around the problem by noting when
SPSS issues warning that all cases have been removed. If you haven't
removed all cases and you get that warning, please take the following
precaution, even if cases still appear in the Data Editor. Exit SPSS without
saving the data file.

Installation on Korean Windows 98 - If you are prompted to reboot when

you install SPSS for Windows on the Korean version of Windows 98, do not
allow the system to reboot automatically. Instead, choose No, and then shut
down and restart the system manually before you use SPSS for Windows.

Switch Output Language - The Switch Output Language feature allows you
to get output in various languages other than English. The translations
included with this English installation are not final. Some items may still be in
English, and some translations may change. Updated files will be available
for download from the SPSS website at
http://www.spss.com/tech/downloads/.

Windows 98 and printing - If you're running Windows 98 and you encounter

a problem printing headers and footers in your output, it may be due to the
version of a Microsoft system DLL, the Rich Edit Library (riched32.dll).
If you encounter the problem, you can work-around the problem by replacing
your current riched32.dll with the version that SPSS requires. Note that
replacing a system DLL can cause problems with other applications.
To replace riched32.dll:
Step 1. Rename the current riched32.dll. For example, rename
C:\Windows\System\riched32.dll to C:\Windows\System\riched32_new.dll.
Step 2. Copy the SPSS version of riched32.dll from the SPSS installation
directory to your system directory. For example, copy C:\Program
Files\SPSS\riched32.dll to C:\Windows\System\riched32.dll.
Step 3. Restart the computer.
Step 4. Confirm that the problem with SPSS is fixed.
Step 5. Confirm that other applications still work as expected.
If you encountered this problem with SPSS, it is probably because you
installed an application that uses a different version of the DLL. If you
encounter a problem with another application, revert to your original dll, or
contact the application vendor or Microsoft for a resolution. Note that any time
you install another application on your computer, that application may replace
riched32.dll, so you may need to repeat steps 1-5 to print headers and footers
in SPSS output.

OMS with OMXL, and OUTPUTSET - When you use the OMS command to
create output in the OXML format, and you use OUTPUTSET to route each
output object to a separate file, the output will be well-formed but invalid XML.
To work around the problem, use
OMS /DESTINATION FORMAT=OXML OUTFILE='file spec'
instead of
OMS /DESTINATION FORMAT=OXML OUTPUTSET=spec.
Multiple response sets - Although the Original Tables module allows one to
create multiple response sets which are used in the TABLES procedure,
these sets can only be persisted in a system file from an SPSS for Windows
dialog. The new Custom Tables module has a new dialog which makes use
of a new syntax command (MRSETS) for creating multiple response sets.
Although the new mechanism offers some improved functionality, there may
be problems using a new multiple response set with the old Original Tables
module.

Using data files saved in SAS formats in SAS JMP and the SAS Viewer -
Data files saved in various SAS formats from SPSS should work in SAS.
There are known problems using SAS files saved in SPSS with the SAS
Viewer and SAS JMP 5 - these applications have a different mechanism for
reading files which isn’t the same or as stable as the one used in SAS.

Filename limitations for data files saved in SAS formats - The following
excerpt is from the SAS JMP 5 README: “Double-byte characters should not
be used in filenames when writing SAS files [from within JMP]. This is a
limitation of the SAS local data provider that is to be corrected in version 9 of
SAS”. This holds true for SAS files saved in SPSS.

Using data sets with a large number of cases in the Data Editor - When
data are read in to SPSS, memory is allocated in the Data Editor to
accommodate all of the cases. If a very large data file (millions of cases) is
opened (even when connected to an SPSS Server) it is possible that the
computer running SPSS for Windows will run out of virtual memory.

The number of cases that can be held in memory by the Data Editor can be
limited by a special setting This threshold can be set by using the virtualr.exe
utility, which is located in the SPSS installation directory. The default is to
allocate memory for up to 100,000 cases as needed. If a Data Editor-specific
operation is used to pass the threshold, such as scrolling to the end of a large
file, memory for all of the cases will be allocated.

The threshold setting does not affect the ability to carry out any operations in
SPSS for Windows, but it may affect performance with large datasets. You
should not change the default unless you have memory exhaustion problems.
In that case, set a smaller value using VirtualR.

Caching data - The Database Wizard and the Text Wizard provide an
optional setting that automatically caches the data that they import. By default
caching is on and the wizards create a copy of the entire dataset. If you turn
caching off, SPSS does not have access to the entire data file -- the original
data source is re-read as needed -- and the total number cases is unknown.
When the total number of cases is unknown, Go to Case, Copy, and Paste do
not work as expected in the Data Editor. You can correct the problem by
turning caching on.

Performance with wide files - If your data file has many columns, you can
improve the performance of the graphical user interface by setting your
General Options to avoid displaying variable labels in alphabetic order. Select
Options from the Edit menu, and go to the General tab to set options for
Variable Lists. The other combinations of options perform well.

C:\…\LOCALS~1\Temp\spss####xxx.tmp contains an invalid path -

There is a defect in SPSS which manifests itself when one first starts SPSS
after a fresh install and runs a procedure after making changes to the Options
settings under the Edit menu. This defect will not reappear after one closes
down SPSS and restarts.

Installing Multiple Copies of Adobe Acrobat - It is highly recommended

that you only install one version of Adobe Acrobat on a computer. Some
browsers might have problems loading multiple plug-ins for multiple versions
of Acrobat. If you wish to upgrade to the version of Acrobat which is located
on the SPSS CD-ROM, please uninstall all other versions first.

Oracle and SequeLink Server - If you are using the SequeLink Server at
your site, it might not work correctly with Oracle 8. Use Connect ODBC
instead. Connect ODBC is included in the SPSS Data Access Pack.

Japanese characters in Data Direct driver setup - Japanese characters

cannot be specified in the Data Source Name or Description of the version of
Data Direct database drivers which are shipped with SPSS 12.0. Data Direct
acknowledges that this is a problem, and plans to release a fix.

Linear Mixed Models -

 In the Random dialog box if the Include Intercept checkbox is

checked but no factors or covariates are specified as random
effects, the Next button will not become available. Therefore, in
order to generate a RANDOM subcommand with no effect(s) other
than an intercept, that subcommand must be the last one specified
in the Random dialog box. If there are multiple subcommands
specified, the last of which contains only the intercept, that
specification will not be generated unless Continue is clicked while
remaining at that last specification, unless that specification also
includes a subject combination.

SPSS Maps - The SPSS Map Option contains the following known problems
or requirements:
 Running a network installation of SPSS - The Map Option will
not run from a network installation. If you need to run the map
option, install SPSS on your desktop computer.

 Limited number of ranges in Range of Values map - If you save

an output file that contains a Range of Values map that has more
than five ranges defined, you will not be able to reopen that file.
Therefore the limit on the number of ranges in the Create Range of
Values Map dialog has been set to five. You can create a Range of
Values map with more ranges using syntax or by editing the map,
and you can copy that map as a metafile into another application
such as a word processor; but if you save the SPSS output file
containing such a map, you will be unable to open the file at all.
The problem is in third-party software. SPSS Inc. has not yet been
able to obtain a fix from the software vendor, but will distribute a
patch as soon as the fix becomes available.

 Range of Values map causes application error with Natural

Break and no data - If your data specification results in no data
records for mapping, the Natural Break formula for determining
ranges fails with an application error. This most commonly happens
if your choice of a geoset or layer within a geoset does not
correspond to your data. A mismatch table should be produced to
indicate this problem, but the application error prevents it from
being shown.

 Copy Objects unavailable with maps - Maps are copied to other

software as metafiles. Copy Objects will not work correctly. A side
effect of this is that you must copy and paste maps one at a time.

 Bar chart and pie chart map theme size not restored - Changes
you make to the size of bar charts and pie charts in editing maps
are not retained when the map is saved and restored.

 Variable to refine geographic match can cause SPSS to hang -

If you use both a geographic variable and a variable to refine the
match, the resulting data table can exceed the capabilities of Maps
and cause SPSS to hang. Most significantly, with United States
data, if you use County and State as your geographic and refining
variables and have data for more than a few states, you will
experience this problem. If you are using the various county-level
data files distributed with SPSS Maps, you can avoid this problem
by specifying the 5-digit FIPS codes as your geographic variable
and no refining variable. FIPS codes identify counties uniquely. For
data containing state and county variables but not FIPS codes, a
 solution to add FIPS codes to the data will be available on the
SPSS web site.

 Maps require updated system resources - If it has been a while

since you added Microsoft products to your system, you may have
outdated system resource files. Installing Internet Explorer 4 or 5
(required for the SPSS Statistics Coach) will update those files.

 Error messages may appear during install under NT - If you

have a version of NT 4.0 that has not been updated recently, you
may see messages during installation about failure of geoset
installation. The SPSS installation replaces the system resource file
required for successful installation, which will take place after you
reboot your machine at the end of the SPSS installation. You can
safely dismiss and ignore the warnings.

 Maps does not use the FILTER or WEIGHT commands - This

could lead to misinterpreted results.

Resources

SPSS Technical Support - <http://www.spss.com/tech/>

SPSS AnswerNet - <http://www.spss.com/tech/answer/>