What do you mean by "open"? It is not at all obvious. Don't open do
files via File-->Open ! This is for datasets.
If you want to execute, launch, run your .do file use File-> do, or
better yet type a command do "Filename.do"
If you want to see/view/edit/modify the source code type doedit "Filename.do"
At 3466 lines each line may be no more than 39 characters to fit into
the limit of 135600 is this the case?
Check for unprintable control characters (codes < Ascii 32, and/or
Ascii>127) Are there any? Are you relocating from linux to Windows or
the other way around?
Get the Stata 9 binary from Stata website and try if the do file works
in Stata 9.
Sergiy
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Sergiy. Stata says nothing; the problem, specifically is that when I
> attempt to open the do-file, v10 Stata (fully updated) crashes (stops
> running, freezes, won't respond...) There are 3466 lines, so perhaps even
> approaching the limit of 3500 lines which you cite is the problem?
> Michael
>
>
>
>> So what is the problem then? Cut-and-paste into an open do file (which
>> you say works), then remove extra parts and save from Stata.
>> do files are text files, there is no such thing as "v10 do-file".
>>
>> If your .do-file defines a program - mind the limit of 3500 lines,
>> 135600 characters in a program.
>> What exactly does not work:
>> do file.do
>> run file.do
>> doedit file.do
>> view file.do
>> ??????????
>>
>> It worked with Stata 9.2. Does it work now with Stata 9.2? What does Stata
>> say?
>>
>> Sergiy
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Nick, yes it did work with 9.2. The code can also run if I
>>> cut-and-paste into an open v10 do-file. The problem is that I simply
>>> can't
>>> open the do-file from within v10.
>>>
>>>> I take it you mean that the _length_ of the do file is the problem. I
>>>> very much doubt it. Did it work with your previous version? I suggest
>>>> working with increasing subsets of the file, or keeping a trace or log
>>>> if possible.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>> [email protected].
>>>>
>>>> Michael McCulloch
>>>>
>>>> I've just upgraded to v10, and a do-file won't load, causing
>>>> Stata to crash. There are ~3,000 lines of code in the do-file; could
>>>> that be the problem?
>>>>
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