I'm searching how i could export data to spss using code in a check

file.The form is made out of 5 differents .rec, related by a KEY variable.

The easiest would be to export the files via the EpiC batch processor, which you get from the Epidata.dk web site on the download page. Include this in an "after file" block, which should work. Alternatively if you system still blocks the file create a cmd or bat file containing the epic commands, something like (experiment a bit):

EpiC export spss file1 * replace EpiC export spss file2 * replace EpiC export spss file3 * replace EpiC export spss file4 * replace EpiC export spss file5 * replace

Now you have your five spss syntax files that you ran in SPSS.

Other examples are: EpiC e stata allaes * Exports allaes.rec in the same directory as epic.exe to a new Stata file with the filename allaes.dta. All records in allaes.rec are exported.

EpiC e xls allaes * filter="ID=276" Exports allaes.rec to allaes.xls. Only records where the field ID equals the value 276 are exported.

EpiC e SPSS allaes * filter="AESRATER='TP'" Exports allaes.rec to allaes.dbf. Only records where AESRATER equals 'TP' are exported.

EpiC e epd allaes "c:\new\newallaes.rec" fromrec=100 torec=199 WITHDELS REPLACE Exports allaes.rec to a new epidata datafile called c:\new\newallaes.rec. Only records #100-#199 are exported. Include marked for deletion and replace the datafile.

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Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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