wfcreate

[startz]

The command

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wfcreate(wf = foo) u 100

creates a workfile of type wf1 even when the default is set to wf2.

[EViews Steve]

WF1 and WF2 file types are determined as the save point. When loaded, the workfile is the same data structure in memory as before.

You can save a workfile in WF1 format, and then save it again in WF2 format.

[startz]

The point is that the command defaults to setting the save type as wf1. It probably should not. Much as I am personally fond of the wf1 file format, it is rather dated.

[EViews Steve]

I'm confused. Are you saying the WFCREATE command defaults to WF1?

Our workfile save format default is controlled by a setting under General Options/Data Storage/Workfile Format (WF2):

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When you run the WFSAVE command, and you don't specify a file extension, the file is saved using the default workfile format type.

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And you can overwrite this default by either specifying a file extension or using the "type=wf2" option.

[EViews Gareth]

I think the issue is, if you do:

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wfcreate(wf=foo) u 100

It will create a workfile. If you then hit the "Save" button at the top of the workfile window, it will save that workfile as a .wf1 file, not a .wf2 file, even if your defaults are to save as .wf2.

[startz]

Yes. That is the issue.

[EViews Steve]

It'll be fixed in next patch.

[startz]

Thanks.