Specification or data problem |
This is for 32-bit Facets 3.87. Here is Help for 64-bit Facets 4
When Facets cannot clearly understand your specifications or data, it stops with a diagnostic message such as:
Processing specifications from "SPEC.txt"
Specification is: $QUIT=YES
Error 1 in line 23: "Specification =" expected
Execution halted
Analyzed in time of 0: 0: 1 Output to spec.OUT.txt
Each such message has a number, "Error 1", a location "line 23", and a diagnosis, "Specification =" expected. In this case, the specification is "$QUIT=YES". Facets does not know this specification and so stops. Remove or alter the specification in your specification file, and start Facets again.
Control files with specifications like $QUIT are intended for use with Facform, those with &INST and &END are intended for use with Winsteps or Ministep.
Facets expects its input files to be in MS-DOS text file format, i.e., readable by NotePad. Mac and UNIX end-of-line codes are allowed: CR, LF, CRLF and LFCR. CR = Carriage Return. LF = Line Feed.
UTF-8 BOM (byte-order marks) are allowed, but not required.
Other file formats:
{\rtf1\....
Your control file is in RTF, not TXT format. Double-click on the file, and "Save as" "text with line breaks" or "MS-DOS format"
ÿþT I T L E =
Your control file is in Unicode, not ANSI coding. Double-click on the file, and "Save as" with "Encoding" "ANSI" or "MS-DOS format"
þÿ T I T L E =
Your control file is in Unicode Bigendian, not ANSI coding. Double-click on the file, and "Save as" with "Encoding" "ANSI" or "MS-DOS format"
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