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I have been running programs for years that ran this command, but now that I upgraded from v12 to v14, I am getting 2 errors. It often crashes eviews completely.
SpoolEQ.save(t=pdf, landscape, mode=i) chartsxl\EQ '<<< bug crashes here

I get 2 error messages, first this one then this one Let me know if you want the program and workfile so you can try it.

I tried playing with all of the options but none avoided the bug. I also tried creating the spool 2 different ways (print to output, and spool.append). Manually printing the spool using the Microsoft print to pdf driver works, but I think it looks a little different and I am not sure how to do that using code.

Could you provide the workfile and the save command you’re using?

Attached is a little program and workfile that should duplicate the problem.

I isolated the problem to one particular chart. The chart is supposed to have lines that are solid and dashed even if it is printed in color so it has a line that sets the option to linepat
graEQPE{%pfx}.options linepat

When that line is removed, the resultant charts do not crash the save to pdf command. When I add it back, the save command crashes.

Let me know if you want me to send you the code that creates the chart that is causing the problems. Here is a snip of some of the code that creates the problematic chart.

graEQPE{%pfx}.options linepat '<<< this line causes the save to pdf command to crash - removing it lets it run without errors.
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(1) lcolor(blue)  
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(1) linewidth(.5)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(1) linepattern(1)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(2) lcolor(blue)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(2) linewidth(.5)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(2) linepattern(2)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(3) lcolor(red)  
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(3) linewidth(.5)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(3) linepattern(1)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(4) lcolor(red)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(4) linewidth(.5)
graEQPE{%pfx}.setelem(4) linepattern(7)

Released a new patch with a possible fix.

Yes, the patch fixed the bug.

I am noticing that the v14 version of eviews is creating a much larger file size. Did it increase the resolution? They look the same to me.

For example, my old version 12 had a program that created a pdf files that was 3.5 Meg. It is a 172 page file with 6 line charts per page. Now version 14 is creating the same pdf file that is 26.692 Meg (almost 5 times the size). When I zip the 2 files, they are both around 3.4 Meg. I think pdf files are supposed to be compressed so it looks to me like the new pdfs are not compressing as they should. Is there a way to get the file sizes back down?