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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:10:23 +0100 |
I had the same problem myself, with the very latest Stat/Transfer 9.03.
My fix was similar to yours, except that I put my line
set write-old-ver 9
in my profile.stcmd file in my StatTransfer9 folder. I am looking
forward to getting Stata 10, so I can take that line out again.
Roger
Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
Royal Brompton campus
Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
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Email: [email protected]
www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard
Williams
Sent: 14 June 2007 01:50
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Stat/Transfer 9 already defaults to Stata 10, so be careful
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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Richard Williams, Notre Dame Dept of Sociology
OFFICE: (574)631-6668, (574)631-6463
HOME: (574)289-5227
EMAIL: [email protected]
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