st: New versions of -dologx- and -eclplot- on SSC

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Hello All

Thanks to Kit Baum, there are now new versions of the -dologx- and 
-eclplot- packages available for download from SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- 
command to do this. The -dologx- and -eclplot- packages are described as 
below on my website. They are now upgraded to Stata 9, but the old Stata 8 
versions can still be downloaded from my website within Stata by typing
net from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata8
and installing the Stata 8 packages required.

The new version of -dologx- adds the Stata 9 command -dolog9-, specially 
for Stata 9 developers who want to run certification scripts.

The new version of -eclplot- fixes a bug which caused the old Stata 8 
-eclplot- dialogs to fail to run under Stata 9. This was caused by a change 
in the official Stata .idlg files during the version change. I would like 
to thank James Hassell at StataCorp for giving me an early warning about 
this problem, and for his advice on how it might be fixed.

Best wishes

Roger


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package dologx from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata9
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TITLE
      dologx: Multiple versions of dolog for executing certification scripts

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      dologx (like dolog) causes Stata to execute the commands stored in a 
do-file
      named filename.do as if they were entered from the keyboard, and 
echos the
      commands as it executes them, creating a log file filename.log. The 
dologx
      package contains multiple versions of dolog, written in multiple Stata
      versions, intended for use when running certification scripts. 
Usually, a
      do-file should contain a version statement at or near the top, so it 
will
      still run in the Stata version in which it was written, even if the 
user runs
      it under a later version of Stata. Certification scripts are an 
exception to
      this rule, because they are run under multiple Stata versions, to 
certify
      that the package being tested works under all of these versions. A
      certification script therefore should not contain a version 
statement at the
      top. The version of Stata under which it run will therefore be the 
version in
      force in the program that calls it, even if that program is dolog. The
      standard version of dolog should therefore not be used to run a 
certification
      script, and the user should use the dologx package instead, using 
dolog6 to
      run it under Stata 6, dolog7 to run it under Stata 7, and so on.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 13June2005
      Stata-Version: 9

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      dolog6.ado
      dolog7.ado
      dolog8.ado
      dolog9.ado
      dologx.hlp
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package eclplot from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata9
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TITLE
      eclplot: Horizontal and vertical confidence interval plots

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      eclplot creates a plot of estimates with lower and upper confidence 
limits
      on one axis against another numeric variable on the other axis. The 
estimates
      and lower and upper confidence limits are stored in three variables, 
in a
      data set with one observation per confidence interval to be plotted. 
Data
      sets with such variables may be created manually (using a spreadsheet),
      or using the parmest package, or using statsby or postfile in 
official Stata.
      The user has a choice of plotting the confidence intervals 
horizontally or
      vertically, a choice of plot styles for the estimates, and a choice 
of range
      plot styles for the confidence intervals. It is also possible to overlay
      the confidence interval plot with other plots using the plot() option,
      and to overlay.multiple superimposed confidence interval plots using the
      supby() option. eclplot may be used either as a command or through a 
dialog.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 13June2005
      Stata-Version: 9

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      eclplot.ado
      eclplot.hlp
      eclplot.dlg
      eclplot_98s.dlg
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--
Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology
King's College London

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Tel: 020 7848 6648 International +44 20 7848 6648
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  or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://phs.kcl.ac.uk/rogernewson/

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