Dear Tom,
when I right click on the
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/usespss.forwin32
in your message and attempt to save the file, it allows me to do it,
which makes me think that:
1. the file is actually there
2. there is something about your system that does not allow it to be installed.
Are the other files installed OK?
I have just tried the following to test if it works in Stata 9.2:
. sysdir set PLUS c:\ado\SPSSTest2\
. ssc install usespss
checking usespss consistency and verifying not already installed...
installing into c:\ado\SPSSTest2\...
installation complete.
Since a plugin is actually a DLL, you might want to check if your
antivirus or other security software allows DLLs to have a different
extension. In the end (after install)the file name must be
usespss.plu, size 562,176, MD5: 6ee170504e01881ca31230aa2dfda2e3
Let me know if there is a conflict regarding the DLL name. You can
always save it as usespss.dll and replace usespss.plu with usespss.dll
all over in the .ado files.
If this is a confirmed issue, I will rename it in the package, but so
far this was not the case.
If the above fails, try manual download using the link in your email.
I've noticed that on the following page:
http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s456952.html
the extension is listed .win32, it must be .forwin32
If you install manually, and get an Error 404, Page not found, simply
change the extension in the URL:
http://ideas.repec.org/cgi-bin/get_doc.pl?urn=RePEc%3Aboc%3Abocode%3As456952&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffmwww.bc.edu%2Frepec%2Fbocode%2Fu%2Fusespss.win32
to
http://ideas.repec.org/cgi-bin/get_doc.pl?urn=RePEc%3Aboc%3Abocode%3As456952&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffmwww.bc.edu%2Frepec%2Fbocode%2Fu%2Fusespss.forwin32
Hope this helps,
Sergiy Radyakin
On 8/5/08, Tom Trikalinos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sergiy or Kit:
>
> I have Stata SE v 9, fully updated and Win XP SP2; I fail to install
> _usespss_ from the net. Did not fiddle around with a manual install
> though.
>
> This is the story:
>
> /**********************************************/
> . ssc install usespss
>
> checking usespss consistency and verifying not already installed...
> file http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/usespss.forwin32 not found
> could not copy http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/usespss.forwin32
> (no action taken)
>
> ssc install: apparent error in package file for usespss; please notify
> [email protected], providing package name
> r(601);
>
> /**********************************************/
>
>
> thanks,
>
> t
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks to Kit Baum, a new Stata command USESPSS is now available for
> > download from SSC. In Stata, use the ssc command to download it.
> >
> > ssc describe usespss
> > ssc install usespss
> >
> > USESPSS was presented at SNASUG2008 in Chicago.
> >
> > USESPSS loads an SPSS-format (*.sav) dataset into memory.
> > It supports compressed and non-compressed SPSS files from
> > Windows and UNIX/Mac platforms. It preserves the variable and
> > value labels, long variable names, extended missing values, and
> > provides optimization of variable types. USESPSS is implemented
> > as a plugin for 32-bit Stata for Windows and is comparable in
> > speed with commercially available conversion software.
> >
> > http://econpapers.repec.org/software/bocbocode/S456952.htm
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Sergiy Radyakin
> > *
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