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Last
month we notified you of the availability of SPSS 12. The new
license codes for SPSS 12 are now available. Originally, SPSS 12 was
shipped with an incorrect license but this error has been corrected by
the company. All University community members running SPSS (any version)
should now update their license. Please contact your
network manager as
appropriate in order to have this done.
Instructions for updating the license code for SPSS:
- The new license code for SPSS can be found on \\GAUSS\Statapps\all_SPSS\SPSS_12\serial_license_info.txt
- From the SPSS directory, run a file called licrenew.exe.
- A DOS window will open asking for the new license code. Type it
in.
- After you update the code, the program will ask for another
code. Press to close the program.
Additionally, a patch has been release for SPSS 12 and is now
available.
After reviewing the fixes involved in SPSS 12 for Windows under the
SPSS 12.0.01 patch, Research and Statistical Support suggests patching
your current SPSS 12 installations with this update.
This patch can be found on \\GAUSS\Statapps\all_SPSS\SPSS_12\patch_1201\
This patch should also be applied to SPSS Grad Pack 12.0 for Windows
and SPSS Career Starter 12.0 for Windows as appropriate. The patch will
upgrade your existing SPSS 12.0 for Windows to version 12.0.1. SPSS
12.0.1 is an incremental release in which the following changes were
made and the patch (spss12.0.1.exe) addresses the following bugs
and issues:
Overall Performance was improved
Working with Excel:
A problem exporting date/time variables to Excel was repaired.
A problem in which data from Excel were converted from long numerals
to scientific format was repaired.
A problem exporting Tables data to Excel was fixed.
A problem in which dates exported to Excel were off by one day in
certain situations was fixed.
An issue in which exporting data files to Excel with no variable names
and no data results in an assertion failure was resolved.
An issue whereby saving an empty SPSS data file as an Excel 97+ file
caused C++ Assertion Failure was resolved.
Working with data files and databases:
A problem with the SAVE and SAVE AS commands led to lost cases in
the system file was fixed.
A problem with setting the data file to read only in which the
permission command did not work was repaired.
A bug in which long tables names led SPSS to read field names via ODBC
out of order was repaired.
An issue in which the native Oracle ODBC driver did not work in SPSS
12.0 was resolved.
Working with pivot tables:
A bug in which SPSS vanishes when pivot table column was widened
was fixed.
Working with new graphics:
A bug in graphics in which text was not rotated correctly for
Windows Metafiles was fixed.
A copy object/paste into Word problem was fixed.
A bug in which copying a graph and pasting it Word led to a chart with
no data elements on Windows 98 and Windows ME systems was fixed.
A problem publishing charts to SmartViewer Web Server was fixed.
A problem in which exporting an output file with charts led to a
sharing violation was fixed.
In graphics, a problem in which point binning caused marker fill to
become black was repaired.
For clustered bar charts the default width was fixed.
An issue in which the Number format tab in the chart editor did not
accept decimal places in the scale factor edit field was resolved.
Working with SPSS procedures:
A problem in which the processor terminated while using TwoStep
Cluster was fixed.
A problem in which SPSS Complex Samples was not running due to invalid
plan file was fixed.
A bug whereby the Output Management System selected an incorrect set
of objects was fixed.
For SPSS Server the following changes were made:
For SPSS Batch Facility, an issue in which warnings were suppressed
from output by default was resolved.
For SPSS Batch Facility, an issue in titles were generated by
default was resolved.
A problem in which an error message was caused by SPSS Server with
the default server set to an SSL server was fixed.
This patch affects the SPSS Base system and the following SPSS
options: Regression Models, Advanced Models, Tables, Trends, Missing
Value Analysis, Conjoint and Categories.
Instructions for the 12.0.1 upgrade patch:
Download the patch.
Double click on spss12.0.1.exe.
Select the folder into which the patch will be installed. This
should be the folder in which SPSS for Windows is installed.
Click on OK to install the patch.
In a network environment, the administrator will need to upgrade
the installation on the network before a client can upgrade his/her
workstation.
The patch will need to be applied separately for SPSS for Windows
and SPSS Server for Windows.
The patch application will fail if you have replaced any of the
executables that ship with the product. You will be presented with a
list of offending binaries and your system will be restored to
original state as it was prior to patch application.
Special instructions to apply the patch to a network installation
:
You can use any Windows based machine (Windows 98, Windows ME,
Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP) to apply the patch as long as
it has the SPSS network client installed. If you are applying the
patch from a remote workstation using a UNC path, e.g.
<\\Server\Share\SPSS>, you will need to type that path directly in the
destination directory box when prompted. Local and mapped drives can
be selected from the drop down list.
Once the patch is applied, you can install additional clients by
running the client setup program from the file server, e.g.
\SPSS\Setup\Setup.exe. It is not necessary to reinstall the client
setup program on existing SPSS client workstations.
All information above was taken directly from the Patch Release
information sent by SPSS customer services. Patrick McLeod (ACS/RSS) was
responsible for all instruction clarification and product testing. If
you have any questions please contact
ehinkle@unt.edu or
mcleod@cc.admin.unt. |
