IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28

Amos comes with a built-in program editor that can be used for writing and executing Amos programs.

•To write a main program, start the built-in program editor by opening the Windows Start menu and searching for IBM SPSS Amos 28 Program Editor.

•To write a plugin, start the built-in program editor from the Amos Graphics menu by clicking Plugins→Plugins.

•To write a class to compute Bayesian custom estimands (see Example 29 in the User's Guide), start the built-in program editor from the Bayesian SEM menu by clicking View → Custom estimands.

•To create a (non-Bayesian) user-defined estimand click the status bar at the bottom of the Amos Graphics window and select Define new estimands from the menu that pops up.

For main programs and plugins (but not for custom estimands) you can use the development tool of your choice. For examples using Visual Studio 2015, see

▪Writing a Main Program with Visual Studio 2015

▪Writing a Plugin with Visual Studio 2015