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* To shorten variable names.
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GET FILE='c:\program files\spss\employee data.sav'.
RENAME VARIABLES (salary salbegin =salarydata1 salarydata2).

oms select log
/destination format=oxml outfile='c:\temp\namelist.xml'.
save outfile='c:\temp\fred.sav' /names.
omsend.
* Run the script "RenameLongToShort.sbs".


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* To preserve long variable names when portable file format is used.
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GET FILE='c:\program files\spss\employee data.sav'.
RENAME VARIABLES (salary salbegin =salarydata1 salarydata2).
oms select log
/destination format=oxml outfile='c:\temp\exportnamelist.xml'.
export outfile='c:\temp\fred.por' .
omsend.

* send fred.por and exportnamelist.xml files to your contact.
* Contact would import file using.
import file='c:\temp\fred.por' .
* then run the script "RenamePortShortToLong.sbs" to 
* reinstate long file names.