error - status file has an invalid line
Posted: August 8th, 2020, 7:23 am
Hi folks,
I´ve got this error message (see the complete text in the attached figure) when trying to convert a .dat file to a csdb using the DataViewer.
The dictionary I´ve used was exactly the same that created the .dat file, but with changes with the names of certain variables (I´ve compared them using winmerge).
I´ve tried to convert the file using a batch program with no instructions, just the implicit read and write. Same message,
I used this same .dat file with this same dictionary to export data to SAS, and it worked fine.
The message seems to contain the start positions of the first record in the file.
Then I opened the .dat file in a text editor and save it with another name (both files are DOS and UTF-8).
And amazingly, it worked!
I´ve got this error message (see the complete text in the attached figure) when trying to convert a .dat file to a csdb using the DataViewer.
The dictionary I´ve used was exactly the same that created the .dat file, but with changes with the names of certain variables (I´ve compared them using winmerge).
I´ve tried to convert the file using a batch program with no instructions, just the implicit read and write. Same message,
I used this same .dat file with this same dictionary to export data to SAS, and it worked fine.
The message seems to contain the start positions of the first record in the file.
Then I opened the .dat file in a text editor and save it with another name (both files are DOS and UTF-8).
And amazingly, it worked!