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  • 1.  avoiding viewing window popping up all the time

    Posted Fri January 21, 2022 12:01 AM

    I've recently installed SPSS 28. I have the options set to display commands in the log, and on the 'general' tab, have unchecked 'raise viewer window' under Notification. When I am in the data window (data view) and simply sort a variable in ascending or descending order, the viewer window always comes to the front, showing the command. This is terribly annoying, so how do I avoid this without having to turn off the option to have the commands displayed in the log? I look at my data and sort them from the data window quite a lot, so I know for sure this did not happen when I had version 27 (or the version before then) since it would have driven me nuts quite a while ago. However, I cannot remember if/how I actively turned this off in earlier versions.

    Thank you for any suggestions.






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  • 2.  RE: avoiding viewing window popping up all the time

    Posted Fri January 21, 2022 10:12 PM

    Support Member​ ,

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I see the behavior of the three settings:

    In 27.0.1.0 the behavior is correct:

    Edit -> Options -> General -> Raise Viewer Window checkbox

    • Checked (default) raises a viewer when output is created.
    • Unchecked leaves the current window active (Data or Syntax).

    Edit -> Options -> General -> Scroll to new output

    • Checked (default) scrolls to the most recently created output when you go to the Output window.
    • Unchecked leaves the Viewer alone and you must scroll on your own.

    Edit -> Options -> Viewer -> Display commands in the log

    • Checked (default) echoes syntax commands to the log object (Same as SET PRINTBACK=LISTING)
    • Unchecked no commands in the log object.(Same as SET PRINTBACK=NONE)

     

    In 28.0.1.0, displaying commands in the log overrides the 'raise viewer window' setting

    If 'Edit -> Options -> Viewer -> Display commands in the log' is checked,

    • the Viewer is always raised.
    • scroll to new output behaves as expected.

     

    We now have an issue filed with IBM SPSS Statistics Development to have this behavior resolved in a future release. Thank you again for informing us!

     

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  • 3.  RE: avoiding viewing window popping up all the time

    Posted Thu January 19, 2023 10:02 AM
    Has this behavior been resolved yet?  I am using 28.0.1.1 and still experiencing this problem.  As the original poster said, this is terribly annoying.

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    Heather McKim
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  • 4.  RE: avoiding viewing window popping up all the time

    Posted Thu January 19, 2023 11:05 AM
    Hi. I see the fix appears in version 29.

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    Rick Marcantonio
    Quality Assurance
    IBM
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