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Keyword Index
Introduction
What is Facform?
Flat files and Facets files
Facets, elements and observations
Data compression
Facform creates Facets specification and data files from four sources
The data reformatting process takes place in 7 phases
Running Facform
To start Facform under Windows
To start Facform under DOS
Ending Facform
While Facform is running
Facform output to Facets input
Examples
A two-facet flat data file
A three-facet flat data file
A WINSTEPS input data file
A many-facet flat file
A many-facet flat file with multiple raters per line
Data file using existing Facets specification file
Flat file with multiple lines per record
Fixed length data file with multiple records per line
Comma-separated Value (CSV) data file
Data file with grouped elements
Data file with raters, items and item structures over multiple lines
The Keyword Language
Keywords
File definition keywords
Data definition keywords
Flow control keywords
Text-oriented keywords
Expression evaluation
Expression commands
Variables
Facform stops prematurely: Disk file problem
Program Messages
Facform stops prematurely: Keyword list problem
Facform stops prematurely: Problem messages
Warning messages