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Summary: Is it possible to write an SPSS background job that creates
         a chart in printable form, i.e. EPS?
Keywords: SPSS Motif chart EPS printing


Hi there,

I'm working with SPSS/Motif (beta - final Rel is shipped) on AIX 3.2.4.
What I am trying to do is to write a background job (production job)
that gets it's data from a raw data file and produces a report and
a high resolution graphic. 
Although it is easy to capture the listing, the GRAPH command 
generates a *.cht file which is not printable.
To get something printable I have to start an SPSS session, get the
chart and save it to an EPS file or print it. I could not find
any hint how this could be done via a GRAPH subcommand or by calling
a special print routine. The former GRAPH command had something
like ADEVICE and GDEVICE to specify the output devices.


Here is the plot of my SPSS pgm:

HOST grep 'pattern' xxxx.logfile >| new.logfile
HOST ...

DATA LIST  FILE='new.logfile' FREE 
  /VAR ... .

REPORT ...

GRAPH
  /BAR(SIMPLE)...

HOST if [ -r new.logfile ] ; then rm -f new.logfile ; fi


This is my problem. 
Any hint is appreciated.

olivier

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