Re: st: Displaying within Stata version 8 graphs that were generated in Stata version 10

[David Jacobs <jacobs.184@sociology.osu.edu>]

You probably will have to move to Stata 10 for the Mac.  I can think 
of just one possible remedy that involves some trade-offs and may not 
work, but it would be easy to find out.

Stata 10 will still create graphs in the old version 7 format.  This 
format has its uses because the graphs appear instantaneously (and I 
like some of the features.  Scatters for example have an easily 
obtained box option that shows the degree of skewness for each variable).

Then you could see if version 8 for the Mac will open these 
graphs.  In case you want to try this, the start of a command is "gr7 
(is a colon necessary after the 7?  I don't have my version 7 manuals 
here).  While this may work, the version 7 graph commands differ from 
those in version 8 and the help files for version 7 graphs probably 
were rudimentary in the version 8 you have at home.  But if you still 
have your old version manuals, and this works, you would have a work around.

This might be your only option short of purchasing version 10 if it works.

Dave Jacobs



At 04:17 PM 4/3/2008, you wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I have Stata version 8.2 on my Mac.  However I have to work on a
> dataset in a lab where there is only Stata version 10 on a PC.  At
> the lab, I ran a do-file with the version command (i.e. "version 8")
> right at the beginning of the do-file, and in the do-file I generated
> some graphs.  When I tried to "graph use" the graphs that I had
> generated in the lab (i.e. using Stata version 10 on a PC) at home
> (i.e. using Stata version 8.2 on a Mac) however, I got the following
> error message:
> -----
> file /Users/me/YRSEDU_yrinsho.gph is a new format that this version
> of Stata does not know how to read
>     suggestion:  type -update query-
> r(610);
> -----
>
> I typed "update query" and the information was that my version of
> Stata version 8 is updated.
>
> Is there a way for me to generate live-format graphs using Stata
> Version 10 on a PC, which I can later on display and modify etc using
> Stata Version 8 on a Mac ?
>
> I know that if one wants to run a command under a specific version of
> Stata, one can use the "version #" command.  But I did use the
> "version" command at the top of the do-file which generated the
> graphs, and still I can't even display the graphs using my Stata
> version 8.  Can someone help me please ?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Helen
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