Tools

This page contains a selection of software products of the PC-Axis family intended for maintainers of statistical databases at statistical institutes and other organisations offering PC-Axis and PX-Web services.

More programs and information about their use are available on the home page of the PC-Axis product family maintained by Statistics Sweden.

Note!

The programs are intended for producers of database services and other professionals in statistics or information technology. All tools are not covered by full documentation and product support. Use of the tools requires good knowledge of the internal structure of PC-Axis files. Read the file description before using the tools.

file description.pdf (updated 22 May 2006, file size 300 kb)

PX-Edit 2006

PX-Edit is a program for forming px files from diverse data sources, manual editing of files, maintenance of metadata, checking of file format syntax, data combining, etc. Users of the program must have basic knowledge of the PC-Axis file format. The program has the capacity to process large files. Read the manual before downloading.

PX-Edit installation - Setup files

Version 2006 2.4 of PX-Edit (exe version) - For all Windows versions
Version 2006 2.4 of PX-Edit (zip version) - For all Windows versions

PX-Edit installation - Setup files

Version 2005 2.3 of PX-Edit (exe version) - For all Windows versions
Version 2005 2.3 of PX-Edit (zip version) - For all Windows versions

Earlier versions - Setup files

Version 2004 2.2 of PX-Edit (exe version) - For all Windows versions
Version 2004 2.2 of PX-Edit (zip version) - For all Windows versions

PX-Edit help - Manuals and documentation

px_edit_documents.zip
- Manual in Finnish and English - PX-Edit Handbook
- Short introduction - Brief instructions in English
- PowerPoint presentation

PX-Excel

PX-Excel - An application for producing PC-Axis files from Excel. A tool for producing small px files.

PX-Check

PX-Check - Converts PC-Axis files into a uniform format according to the latest file specification and optimises files.

PX-2000 Conv

PX-2000 Conv - Converts old (prior to version 2000) PC-Axis databases into new format.

PX-Make

PX-Make - An application for producing PC-Axis files from e.g. Excel. A tool for processing small px files and maintenance of metadata.

Tools for SAS

PC-Axis to SAS converter - Converts PC-Axis files into SAS (new).
SAS to PC-Axis macro - Converts SAS datasets into PC-Axis files (new).

Recommended editing tools - Other tools to manipulate ASCII files

PC-Axis files (.px) are text files that can be edited and administered with a number of good tools available on the world market, such as:

Edit Pad Lite - Best editor for large ASCII files SHAREWARE
Flash renamer - Best file name renamer SHAREWARE
Multi-Replacer - Replaces multiple lines in multiple files SHAREWARE
ReplaceEM - Advanced heavy duty ASCII replacer FREEWARE

PX-Web references

Software of the PC-Axis product family are used by statistical institutes in several countries and by other organisations offering statistical services on the Internet. See References for PX-Web database solutions around the world.

Last updated 23.6.2008

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