RE: CTABLES

[Charles Johnson]

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> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 17:03:01 -0800
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> I've done a lot of the work needed to figure out the format of SPV
> files. I'm working on publishing a format specification. Then I'll
> work on implementing a reader for it.
>

That is great news. If you need more files of type SPV/SPO could ask another 
topic of discussion.

> Would it be useful to add support for SPSS production job files? That
> would not be hard (much easier than SPV files or CTABLES). I'd need a
> bunch of examples of the format.
>

>From my point of view, production jobs are very useful to automate lengthy and 
>complex processes that are made recurrently. As PSPP add more commands, the 
>more useful they will be in the future.

However, I think it may only be used interactively and locally directly or by 
creating a external automation script, and the second way is through the use of 
IBM SPSS Statistics Server. 

Cheers

CJT