Thank you for your answer.
I did try this but got similar errors. I tried all the other
spss-specific formats with same result.
A way to get access to the data is: save in sas-xport format (though
all labels are lost) then save in another sas-format and asking spss to
also save value labels
Thank you Michael
I think you point to the real cause of the problem.
I solved my own immediate problem by using StatTransfer to transfer from
sav to sav.
My real concern is that the read.spss() function will become obsolete.
Most of the data I have received in the last year have had those
When I try to import an spss sav file with read.spss() I am getting the
following error
'Error in read.spss(X:\\.sav) : error reading system-file header'
and the import process is aborted.
I have tried in v. 2.3.0 and 2.3.1
The sav-file loads without problems in spss v14 I have tried saving
