For Windows-related and other problems, see www.winsteps.com/problems.htm

 

Error code Diagnosis

F1 "Specification=value" expected

A specification whose first one or two letters is not in the "INDEX OF Facets SPECIFICATIONS" was given.

 

F2 Number invalid or greater than ___

Integers are usually in range 1 to 2147483647. Facet numbers are integers in the range 1 to 255. Facet 0 can be used to indicate that no facet applies.

 

F3 Duplicate category label

A category number has been defined twice in a Rating (or partial credit) scale= specification.

 

F5 More than ___ components in Model= statement

Each Model= statement has as many facet control characters, e.g., "?", as there are facets in the Facets= statement, then a scale character, e.g., "R", followed optionally by a weight, e.g., "1". You specified too many components.

 

F6 Invalid or undefined scale

The Model= or Rating Scale= statement specified a scale type, e.g., "S", which is neither a scale type itself, e.g., "R", nor defined by "Rating Scale=S".

 

F7 Duplicate Rating (or partial credit) scale= identifying labels

Two Rating (or partial credit) scale= specifications have the same scale name, e.g., "quality" in

"Rating (or partial credit) scale=quality"

and then again later,

"Rating (or partial credit) scale=quality"

 

F8 Facets= statement conflicts with prior facet commands

Specify your one Facets= statement before other facet-related commands, such as "Positive=2" to prevent incorrect standard values being used.

 

F11 All Model= statements must include ____ facet locations + type [+ weight]

Each model statement has as many facet control characters, e.g., "?", as there are facets, followed by a scale character, e.g., "R", followed optionally by a weight, e.g., "1". You specified too few components.

 

F12 Category is not an integer in range 0 to 255

Valid responses are in the range 0 to 255, after recoding if specified.

 

F13 Labels= contains the same facet twice

After a Labels= statement, the facets can be in any order, but each facet number can only be used once, e.g.,

Labels=

3=facet 3

1=element 1 facet 3

*

1=facet 1

1=element 1 facet 1

*

3=facet 3 <- this is invalid. The facet is repeated!

 

F15 Invalid category in Rating (or partial credit) scale= specification

Category values must be integers in the range 0 to 32767, or negative numbers, if they are to be treated as missing.

 

F17 Extra term on DOS command line

The DOS command line can have

C:>FACETS SPECFILE [OUTFILE [ANCFILE]] Specification=Value .....

[ ] mean "optional".

Your DOS command line does not follow this scheme. Are there blanks before or after "=" signs?

 

F18 This specification not permitted on DOS command line

You have specified something on the command line that Facets does not allowed there, e.g., Labels=, Model=, Rating (or partial credit) scale=

 

F20 No element numbers specified after Labels=

Your Labels= command was not followed by a facet number, then element numbers, then "*", e.g., a correct specification is:

Labels=

1, Facet 1 name ; facet number

21=One element ; element in first facet

32=Another element

* ; end of element list for this facet

2, Facet 2 name

1=Element one name

*

 

F21 Sort length error - contact www.winsteps.com

Internal failure in Facets. Contact us prepared to give details of your specification file.

You can run probably produce useful output from Facets:

1) Remove any Arrange= specification

2) Specify "Vertical=no"

 

F22 Non-numeric datum treated as missing

An observation is specified with a non-numeric values. It is ignored as missing data.

 

F23 Invalid element number. Must be integers in the range 0 - 2147483647

0 is the null element number, unless Keepasnull= sets a different element number as the null element.

 

F24 Invalid group number

Group numbers must be integers in the range 1 to 255

 

F25 Invalid Model= statement

You did not use a valid facet control character, such as "?", or "#", a valid element number or a valid element-number range.

 

F26 Invalid response value: non-numeric or too big for model

A response in this data line did not match the Model= or Rating (or partial credit) scale= specification.

 

F27 Data record does not contain ___ facet references + data

You did not specify enough facet element references, or data elements in your data line.

 

F28 Non-Integer value where integer expected

Element and category numbers must be integers, not real numbers like 2.5

 

F29 Only one facet may have a range (-) in a data line

With 2 facets, "1-3,2-3, 1,0,1,0,1,1" is invalid. Enter:

1-3,2, 1,0,1

1-3,3, 1,1,0

 

F30 Not enough responses for the range: expected: ___

You specified a range of elements, but did not provide one response for each element of the range, e.g., with two facets, "1-3,4, 2, 1" requires one more response, e.g., "1-3,4, 2, 1, 2".

 

F31 Too many responses: expected: ______

You specified a range of elements, but provided more responses than there were elements in the range, e.g., with two facets, "1-3,4, 2, 1, 2, 2" has one response too many. Also check Dvalues=, if used.

 

F32 Valid arrangements are facet number (optional) then A,F,M,N,P,a,m,f,n,p

Did you specify some other letter or a non-alphabetic character? Valid arrangements look like: "Arrange=Af,Mp,3M"

 

F34 Please specify Facets= before this specification

This specification requires a Facets= specification to precede it, e.g., Facets=3.

 

F35 No usable data. Use Query=Y to check Models= and Labels=

No data match model statements, and reference specified elements, and have valid data values. Query=Y to discover the reason Facets rejected each datum.

F35 may be because there is only one observation for each element.

Here is a way to get your analysis to run ....

1. Put all the data in twice: copy-and-paste the current data after itself.

2. Weight the data 0.5

Models= ?, ?, ?, R, 0.5

 

F36 All data eliminated as extreme. Are there enough replications?

Extreme scores (zero or perfect) correspond to infinite measures and so provide no useful information about the measures of other elements. Therefore, data included in extreme scores are eliminated. All scores were perfect, so all data were eliminated. Perhaps, the problem is simply that not enough data is present.

 

This can happen when the data have a Guttman pattern. On first analysis, there are some extreme scores for persons, items, judges, tasks, etc. So these are dropped from immediate estimation. Then, in the remaining data, there are some extreme scores. These are dropped. The process continues until no data are left.

 

F37 Incompatible file usage: ______

The same file name has been specified for two different files, e.g., a data file and an output file. Rerun Facets with amended file names.

 

F38 Lsort sequence error

This is an internal sorting error within Facets. Please contact : www.winsteps.com

 

F39 Umean= must be specified before Labels= and Rating=

User rescaling must be specified in the specification file before any lines to which it applies. Place Facets= and Umean= early in your specification file.

 

F40 Data= not specified

Data= must be followed by the observations, or be Data= filename.

 

F41 No file name

A file name is expected in this specification.

 

F42 File name contains * or ?, or ends with \ / or :

File name does not accord with Windows rules.

 

F43 File not found

Specified input file does not exist.

 

F44 Invalid line-end format: only LF code, CR-LF expected

File is not in MS-DOS text with line breaks format. Read it into Word (or such like) and then "Save As" in "DOS text with line breaks" format

 

F45 Entered= references do not match ________

Entered= specification not compatible with Facets= specification.

 

F46 File has no contents

Empty input file not allowed.

 

F47 Invalid line-end format: only CR code, CR-LF expected.

File is not in MS-DOS text with line breaks format. Read it into Word (or such like) and then "Save As" in "DOS text with line breaks" format

 

F48 Anchor value too extreme

Anchor value set outside the range of the floating-point processor.

 

F49 Missing quote " in command line

There are unbalanced " " on the DOS command line

 

F50 Work file problem

Rerun the analysis. If it still occurs, please contact www.winsteps.com

 

F51 Execution cancelled at user request

Execution cancelled - perhaps from the Files pull-down menu.

 

F52 File not found in batch mode

Specified input file does not exist. Specifying complete paths may solve this.

 

F53 Too many Models= specified

More than 32,000 Models= specifications have been given.

 

F54 Dvalues= must be facet, value e.g., 3,1-4 or facet, facet, start, length, e.g., 3,2,6,2

Check Dvalues= for format and validity.

 

F57 Required file not found

A specified input file does not exist. Provide complete pathname.

 

F58 Excel-related error

Facets may not be compatible with your version of Excel.

 

F59 Field start or length problem in Dvalues=

See the Dvalues= instructions.

 

F60 Non-numeric weight in Model= specification: "____"

Model= weights can omitted (and assumed to be 1) or specified with numeric values.

 

F61 Reordered category value not positive integer or zero

Rating scale= reordered-value is incorrect. An anchor file may not have the correct format

 

 

F62 No active element numbers: Models= and Labels=

Models= has selected no active element combinations, or Labels= contains no active elements.

 

F63  ..\winspssf.exe not found

The Facets-to-SPSS file conversion module is missing. Reinstall Facets?

 

F64 SPSS file creation failed

Does the version of winspssf.exe match the version of Facets.exe?

 

SPSS Interface: Input work file incorrect
There is a mismatch between Facets components, please contact www.winsteps.com

Internal error in winspssf.exe - perhaps it does not match Facets.exe

 

Windows-reported file problems:

 

52  Bad file name or number

53  File not found

54  Bad file mode

55  File already open

57  Device I/O error

58  File already exists

61  Disk full

67  Too many files

68  Device unavailable

70  Permission denied

71  Disk not ready

75  Path/File access error

76  Path not found

These are all filename or file availability problems.

 

76 Workfile failure.

In your autoexec.bat file, SET TEMP= or SET TMP= are missing or point to invalid paths. Try:

SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

SET TEMP=C:\

 

Facets runs under Windows-XP, but may initially fail due to Windows-XP not correctly setting up its temporary file directory. If you get a message like:

"Workfile failure 76 path is not found. for:C:\Document\Locals\Temp\"

then right-click on "My Computer"

select "Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables"

edit the User Environment variable called TMP to be C:\TEMP

Create a new folder C:\TEMP if you do not already have one.