****************************. * To shorten variable names. ****************************. 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". ****************************. * To preserve long variable names when portable file format is used. ****************************. 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.