Eviews 14 crash when using pagesave with byrow option

[henriksiverbo]

When using the pagesave command with the byrow option Eviews 14 crashes without warning, see example code below with different specifications - what works and not. Other specifications also causes crashes in other programs (eg. the use of attr) but could not be replicated in a "clean" program.

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'Open a new Excel file and add a sheet so that there are two sheets in the workbook (Sheet1 and Sheet2). Save and adjust %path. Save this code as prg-file and run. WfCreate(wf = PageSavetest, Page = A) A 1980 2030 %path = "c:\Temp\skrivtest\test.xlsx" Series xx = @Rnorm Series yy = @Rnorm series zz = @Rnorm PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet1!A1" byrow @keep xx yy 'works (>=2 vars) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet1!A1" byrow @keep xx 'NOT working (<2 vars) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update) %path nonames Range="Sheet1!A1" byrow @keep xx 'works (<2 vars, not using noid) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid,legacy) %path nonames Sheet1="Blad1!A1" byrow @keep xx 'works (<2 vars, using legacy) PageCreate(page = U) u 1 Alpha aa = "2026-02-05 13:37" Alpha bb = "zzzz" Alpha cc = "xxxx" PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa bb 'works (>=2 vars) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa 'NOT working (<2 vars) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update) %path Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa 'NOT working (<2 vars, not using noid and/or nonames still causes crash) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" @keep aa 'works (<2 vars, not using byrow) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid,legacy) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa 'works (<2 vars, using legacy) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa aa 'NOT working (>=2 but same vars) 'PageSave(t=excelxml,Mode=Update,noid,legacy) %path nonames Range="Sheet2!A1" byrow @keep aa aa 'works (>=2 same vars, using legacy)

Best regards,
Henrik Siverbo
Using Eviews 14 Enterprise Edition - Aug 14 2025 build on Windows 11 Enterprise, 24H2, 26100.7623

[EViews Gareth]

Crash confirmed, we'll get it fixed.

[EViews Steve]

Hi, thanks for the error report.

We were able to track down the bug. This will be fixed in the next 14 patch.

[EViews Steve]

Patch has been released.

[scotty_mac]

Hi team,

Similar to this issue.

I am having a bit of trouble with pagesave and wfsave. I've recently upgraded from Eviews 12 to Eviews 14. In Eviews 12 i used to be able use either command to export tens of thousands of series, but in Eviews 14 the limit is about 15,000. If i try to export any more than that, Eviews closes without error. Below is an example of the type of code:

pagesave(type=excelxml, mode=update) %file range="DATA!A3" byrow=true @keep *

FYI i've tried creating fresh Excel spreadsheets and the like but i still seem to come up against the same issue and even with different permutations of the code (removing mode=update for example). Any ideas how to remedy this? A lot of my colleagues are experiencing the same issue.

Thanks

Scott

[EViews Gareth]

Confirmed, we'll take a look

[EViews Gareth]

As an aside, the test program I wrote also crashes EViews 12 (which isn't great either!).

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close @wf wfcreate m 1990 2025 for !i=1 to 160000 series x!i=@nrnd next wfsave(type=excelxml) testfile.xlsx byrow=true

[EViews Gareth]

Bug found and resolved, will make the next EV14 patch.