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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
E Click Compile in the Program Editor window. Any compilation errors will be displayed
on the Compile errors tab of the Program Editor window.
E After you fix any compilation errors, click Close in the Program Editor window. You
will be asked if you want to save the file:
E Click Yes . The Save As dialog box will be displayed.
E In 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.