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IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28

Gets information about the data file for a single group.

Syntax

object.GetDataFile (groupNumber, dbFormat, fileName, tableName, groupingVariable, groupingValue)

The GetDataFile method syntax has the following parts:

Part

Description

object

An object of type AmosEngine or pd.

groupNumber

Number of the group for which data file information is wanted. The first group is group number 1.

dbFormat

(Integer) A database format specifier, as described in Settings.

fileName

(String) The name of the data file.

tableName

(String) The name of the data table within the data file (for data files that contain multiple data tables).

groupingVariable

(String) The name of the grouping variable. The empty string if there is no grouping variable.

groupingValue

(Object) The value of the grouping variable for this group.

Placement: [2].

Settings

The settings for dbFormat are:

Constant

Value

Description

mmDBASE3

0

Dbase III

mmDBASE4

1

Dbase IV

mmDBASE5

2

Dbase V

mmEXCEL3

3

Excel 3

mmEXCEL4

4

Excel 4

mmEXCEL5

5

Excel 5, Excel 7

mmEXCEL97

6

Excel 97, Excel 8

mmFOXPRO20

7

Foxpro 2.0

mmFOXPRO25

8

Foxpro 2.5

mmFOXPRO26

9

Foxpro 2.6

mmLOTUSWK1

11

Lotus *.wk1

mmLOTUSWK3

12

Lotus *.wk3

mmLOTUSWK4

13

Lotus *.wk4

mmAccess

14

Microsoft Access

mmSPSS

18

SPSS Statistics

mmText

19

Text

 

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