How do I read a long record file (>32K bytes) into SPSS

You can add the following line to the top of the .sps file created by Mentor/Reformat to read in a long record file.

FILE HANDLE INFILE /NAME='<name of file>' / LRECL=<record length>.For example:FILE HANDLE INFILE /NAME='C:UsersSurvoxStudy 12345bank_150101.dat' / LRECL=50000.