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Writing to Triple-S files
This section describes how the Triple-S DSC creates Triple-S files and how you can customize the format and content of those files. The Triple-S DSC can create both Triple-S metadata and case data files.
Note that the Triple-S DSC cannot write a Triple-S hierarchical data structure as defined in version 2.0 of the Triple-S standard.
Triple-S Case data file creation
The Triple-S DSC will create a case data (.asc, .dat or .csv) ASCII file if one with the name specified in the connection string does not exist. If the data format to be written is fixed format fields (see Specifying the format of the Triple-S file), the Triple-S DSC can append data to an existing case data file that has the same name. However, you can specify that you want to overwrite an existing case data file by setting the MR Init Overwrite connection property (see Connection properties).
Variable names
Triple-S variables only support standard names formats:
Only support for 1 to 8 characters.
The characters A-Z, a-z, and 0-9 are supported.
Variable names must start with a letter A-Z or a-z.
Upper and lower case are equivalent.
Variable names must be unique within the survey.
Variable names must not contain leading, trailing, or embedded blank characters.
See also
Specifying the format of the Triple-S file
Variable names and labels when writing to Triple-S files
Variable definitions when writing to Triple-S files
Custom properties used when writing to Triple-S files
Creating a Triple-S Metadata file
Triple-S DSC