@keep vs @drop

[ian.e.preston]

I'm trying to export a series to an excel file.
pagesave(t="excelxml") %file_out @keep x
creates an excel file with a date column and a series with a header that says "X" and then a whole series that is just X over and over
if I do pagesave(t="excelxml") %file_out @drop x2
it works as I'd expect, outputting all series except x2 with their numerical values. It really seems to be an issue with @keep.
I can workaround this issue by just dropping every other series, but given that I only want to export one series that's cumbersome. Any ideas what's causing this?
I'm using eviews 9

[EViews Gareth]

Could you provide the workfile?

[ian.e.preston]

Sure. I've also attached the program I'm using
Right now it's using drop, which as you can see is cumbersome.

[EViews Gareth]

which series are you trying to @keep?

[ian.e.preston]

lmi_t, but the issue is the same with whatever series I try.

[EViews Gareth]

What's the build date of your copy of EViews 9? (Help->About EViews).

[ian.e.preston]

April 20 2015.

[EViews Gareth]

Very out of date. Please update to the latest version.