Fredrik Wallenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used to be able to run my do files by simply dragging them to the
> Stata icon in the dock. Since OS 10.4 that no longer works. Does
> anyone have any suggestions for this? I realize it is an OS question
> rather than a Stata question but hope someone has some relevant
> experience or knowledge.
Tiger requires a key in Stata's property list that we didn't know was needed
because previous versions of Mac OS X didn't seem to care about.
To correct the problem, extract the file below between "cut here" and save it
as Info.plist in the Stata application. For example, if you're using Stata/SE
and it is installed in /Applications/Stata, then save the file as
/Applications/Stata/StataSE.app/Contents/Info.plist
overwriting the existing file.
If you're using Intercooled Stata, change all instances of Stata/SE in the
file to Intercooled Stata and save the file as
/Applications/Stata/Stata.app/Contents/Info.plist
You'll have to reboot because OS X won't know the application's property list
has changed. Rather than rebooting, you could also try duplicating the
executable, deleting the original, then renaming the duplicate to the original
filename to get OS X to notice the change but I can't confirm that works.
It's easier just to reboot.
We've already corrected the problem in Stata 9 in the latest executable
update.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
<plist version="0.9">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.stata.stata</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Stata/SE 8.2</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>Stata/SE version 8.2, Copyright © 1985-2005 by StataCorp. All rights reserved.</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>Stata/SE version 8.2</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>S5x8</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>StataSE</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>8.2</string>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>LSRequiresCarbon</key>
<true/>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>app.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Stata do-file</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>do.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>TEXT</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>do</string>
</array>
<key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Stata data file</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>dta.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>DTA </string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>dta</string>
</array>
<key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Stata graph file</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>gph.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>GPH </string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>gph</string>
</array>
<key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
<string>Stata SMCL file</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
<string>smcl.icns</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
<array>
<string>SMCL</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
<array>
<string>smcl</string>
</array>
<key>LSIsAppleDefaultForType</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
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