Force display width to 8, if sys file says zero. Closes bug #20844

diff --git a/src/data/ChangeLog b/src/data/ChangeLog
index a74b7dd4739d5ccd11ef18933791ce99d57ad911..73cf8a1caa56450264f00faa09577db992914942 100644 (file)
--- a/src/data/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/data/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-08-27  John Darrinton <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
+       
+       * sys-file-reader.c (read_display_parameters): Force display width 
+       to 8, if the sys file says 0 (like SPSS does).
+
 2007-08-12  Ben Pfaff  <blp@gnu.org>
 
        * dictionary.c (dict_dump): New function.

diff --git a/src/data/sys-file-reader.c b/src/data/sys-file-reader.c
index 058163b6b5106e35ad50e28772183b93d7ce5074..6527d271778d1ef1afe72e8a7f116102661f102e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/data/sys-file-reader.c
+++ b/src/data/sys-file-reader.c
@@ -857,6 +857,11 @@ read_display_parameters (struct sfm_reader *r, size_t size, size_t count,
       if (0 == measure && var_is_alpha (v))
         measure = 1;
 
+      /* Older versions (SPSS 9.0) sometimes set the display width
+        to zero.  This causes confusion especially in the GUI */
+      if (0 == width)
+       width = 8;
+
       if (measure < 1 || measure > 3 || align < 0 || align > 2)
         {
           if (!warned)