Wow...thanks, Richard!
Just one more reason to go to R.
SR Millis
--- Richard Williams <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Here is a quirky little problem in case anyone else
> encounters it: I
> got Stat/Transfer 9 today as well as its upgrade
> patch. I was
> puzzled because Roger Newson's -stcmd- and -inputst-
> commands
> (available from SSC) suddenly stopped working right
> - specifically I
> got error messages to the effect that the files
> created were not in
> Stata format. It finally occurred to me that
> Stat/Transfer 9 was
> probably already defaulting to Stata 10 format. At
> least until I get
> Stata 10, that is not a good thing, and it will
> never be good for
> someone who doesn't get Stata 10.
>
> Here is the workaround I came up with: in the folder
> C:\Program
> Files\StatTransfer9 (or wherever the program is
> located) create a
> file called profile.stc. That file should contain
> the line
>
> set write-old-ver 9
>
> or, if you prefer, 8 or 7 or whatever. If you are
> running the
> command processor interactively, you can give the
> set write-old-ver
> command interactively as well. If you are running
> Stat/Transfer via
> the Windows interface, in Options (4) you can set
> the version of
> Stata you want (but this only seems to apply when
> using the Windows interface).
>
> One other tidbit: Stat/Transfer 9 now uses an
> activation code
> system. As I understand it, the software can only
> be installed on
> one machine at a time, although you can de-activate
> and re-activate
> on another machine. I don't mind reasonable
> copy-protection, but
> personally I think most software should be usable on
> both a desktop
> and a laptop by the same person. You can have both
> versions 8 and 9
> installed at the same time, so you may wish to also
> keep 8 installed
> if you already have it.
>
>
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Professor & Director of Research
Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Wayne State University School of Medicine
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