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I tried to install spss v11 (v11.0 I think). the install went fine, the application starts up without any problems but when you want to execute an spss command, it freezes.

All gui-related stuff seems to work, I could click through the menus to construct a t-test (there seem to be some problems with selecting more than one item from a list boxed in the paired t-test).
It looks like the problem is with running the actual commands, so it could be related to interprocess communication or sth.

I will try some more later when I have time.
Dirk

It freezes when you execute the syntax? It probably doesn't matter but how do you execute the code (Run, the run button, or Control-R)? Does it freeze immediately or is there a pause? In the middle of the status bar SPSS indicates the state of the "SPSS Processor"... does that say anything?

Similar results here with SPSS 11.0 (german) and Crossover Office from Winerack for SuSE 9.0

On startup the output viewer comes up whith an alert that says that the SPSS Processer is being terminated due to a serious error and that my working data is lost (in german) and goes on with "A file specification does not meet the host system's requirements or exceeds 255 characters in lenght."

So, I guess there must be some problem with mapping windows filenames to Linux's filesystem hierarchy. Any ideas?

jan

Similar experience with SPSS 11.5 + Codeweavers 3.0.1 + SuSE 9.1. Also tried with wine August 2004 build from the winehq.org website. Both get as far as starting the gui. Then I get the error message:

'The SPSS Processor is terminating due to a catastrophic error. Any working data file is lost. A file specification does not meet the host system's requirements or exceeds 255 characters in length. Restart the processor?'

Same result if I click 'yes'. The output viewer comes up but displays only a red triangle (there should be a message visible near it but there is only white space).

So I tried running from a terminal;
rod@linux> wine spsswin.exe
Same results as before, but now with the following feedback from the console:
[STARTS --->

fixme:console:SetConsoleCtrlHandler (0x406af585,1) - no error checking or testing yet
fixme:console:SetConsoleCtrlHandler (0x10001850,1) - no error checking or testing yet
2004-08-20T22:55:42 rod Instantiated package DataEditorPkg
2004-08-20T22:55:42 rod Instantiated package DACManagerPkg
2004-08-20T22:55:42 rod Instantiated package ODBCDACPkg
2004-08-20T22:55:43 rod Instantiated package SpsswPackage
fixme:shell:DoEnvironmentSubstA ("SPSS.SLK", #0104) stub
fixme:shell:DoEnvironmentSubstA ("SPSS.SLK", #0104) stub
fixme:dialog:MSGBOX_OnInit system modal msgbox ! Not modal yet.
fixme:ntdll:RtlNtStatusToDosErrorNoTeb no mapping for 40000019
err:clipboard:CLIPBOARD_SetClipboardOwner Failed to set clipboard owner to (nil)
2004-08-20T22:56:07 rod Session terminated.
2004-08-20T22:56:07 rod About to enter PortService::Stop
2004-08-20T22:56:07 rod Worker Thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:08 rod Worker Thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:09 rod Worker Thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:10 rod Worker Thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:10 rod User thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:10 rod User thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:10 rod User thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:10 rod User thread is terminating
2004-08-20T22:56:11 rod Exited PortService::Stop, stopSucceeded=true,m_Waiting=false