Jeffry,
Subject: FW: st: unable to install patches
Date sent: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:49:18 -0500
From: "Jacob, Jeffry Ankur" <[email protected]>
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> I think this did not go through earlier
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob, Jeffry Ankur
> Sent: Thu 27-May-04 11:30 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches
>
>
> Hi Mark,
> I have tried that also. The problem with this route is that if I
> download a .hlp file, it gives the save option. However, if I click
> download by selecting, say, xtabond2.ado, it directly opens this file
> in the browser. Then I am forced to save it, open it again with
> notepad and do the save as procedure.
Good point - my browser behaves the same way. Unfortunately, there's
no hyperlink at RePEc that allows a "right-click-and-save-as" option.
Anybody out there have any suggestions on how to download from RePEc
without having the files open in the browser?
--Mark
> I am still at a loss. Also, the comp I am using has StataSE, which was purchased just a couple of weeks ago.
> Thanks again,
> Jeffry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] on behalf of Mark Schaffer
> Sent: Thu 27-May-04 11:01 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches
>
>
>
> Jeffry,
>
> Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches
> Date sent: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:41:47 -0500
> From: "Jacob, Jeffry Ankur" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Send reply to: [email protected]
>
> > Thanks for all the responses.
> > I tried doing several things. I put the files in sysdir path the sysdir path and adopath.
> > I copied all the files using the browser and then used notepad to save them with the relevant extensions (choosing the all files options).
> > Finally I created a package file and a toc file with the relevant infromation and tried to install them through the help menu (user written software...). This way, I get a message that the software has been installed but when I run the commands, I get the following error messages
> > 1. with ivreg2
> > gt;1 invalid name
> >
> > 2. with xtabond2 and outreg
> > unrecognized command: merge
> > r(199);
> > I will really appreciate any further suggestions on how to fix this problem.
>
> I recommend trying a direct download from RePEc, e.g., for ivreg2:
>
> http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s425401.html
>
> and use the download buttons. I have a feeling it might be the pass
> through the browser and notepad that is messing up the contents of
> the files.
>
> --Mark
>
> > Thanks again,
> > Jeffry Jacob
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] on behalf of Neil Shephard
> > Sent: Thu 27-May-04 4:42 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: st: unable to install patches
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I am unable to access the internet through STATA because of firewall
> > > ( the settings can not be altered). I downloaded ivreg2.ado in the
> > > C:\ado folder (which is in adopath) and manually saved it as an .ado
> > > file using notepad. However when I try to call it, I get an error
> > > message "unrecognozed command". I am having the same difficulty with
> > > outreg and xtabond2. Can anyone please tell me how I can install these
> > > and other user written codes without having to type . ssc install
> > > ivreg2 in STATA. Thanks in advance, Jeffry Jacob
> > >
> > Whilst c:\ado\ is indeed an ado path it has several subdirectories which is where Stata
> > looks for the Do-files. and I think it is within hone of these that you want to place the
> > relevant files.
> >
> > The package ivreg2 is an 'offical' do file from the Stata Journal (3-1), so you shold
> > probably place the files in....
> >
> > c:\ado\stbplus\i\
> >
> > Alternatively you could place the files anywhere you want on your computer and add the
> > directory to your system dir (see -man sysdir- for more information)
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Neil
> > Neil Shephard
> > Genetics Statistician
> > ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
> > [email protected]
> > [email protected]
> >
> > "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it
> > were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's
> > logic" - Tweedledee (Alice Through the Looking Glass)
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> >
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Prof. Mark E. Schaffer
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Department of Economics
School of Management & Languages
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK
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