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Using Amos Graphics without Drawing a Path Diagram
This completes the plugin for specifying the factor analysis model from Example 8.
You can find a pre-written copy of the plugin in a file called Ex37a-plugin.vb located
in a subfolder of Amos’s plugins folder. If you performed a typical installation of
Amos, Ex37a-plugin.vb is in the location: C:\Program
Files\IBM\SPSS\Amos\21\Plugins\<language>.
Compiling and Saving the Plugin
EClick Compile in the Program Editor window. Any compilation errors will be displayed
on the Compile errors tab of the Program Editor window.
EAfter you fix any compilation errors, click Close in the Program Editor window. You
will be asked if you want to save the file:
EClick Yes . The Save As dialog box will be displayed.
EIn the Save As dialog box, type a filename for your plugin and click Save. Your plugin
must be saved in the Save As dialog’s default folder location. In a typical Amos
installation, that folder location is C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Amos\21\Plugins.