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SPSS Statistics appears to freeze when running a syntax file

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Problem

I have received a fairly large dataset and am currently running my syntax against it. When I do so, it appears that it causes SPSS Statistics to freeze. I am not able to do anything within the application and the performance of my PC degrades when running this syntax. The dataset I am working on contains 8 cases (test file) and 13,000 variables. The syntax file contains approx 100000 lines of commands specifying the variable labels and value labels. No analysis are being conducted during this time. I have confirmed that my PC specifications more than meets the requirements of SPSS Statistics.

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87168

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Modified date:
16 April 2020

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