st: Stata 12 bug report -export excel-

[Daniel.Green@ny.frb.org]

Hi,

I have been very excited to try the new export excel feature in Stata but 
have unfortunately already found a large (for my uses) bug.  It seems bad 
things happen when I try to modify an excel file that has a chart moved to 
its own sheet.   I have reproduced this with the auto dataset below:

sysuse auto, clear
export excel using "test.xlsx", sheetmodify sheet("SheetOne") 
firstrow(varl)
//open the file in Excel and make a graph, move it to its own sheet by 
right clicking and select move, to new sheet.  Then save the file.
replace p
rice = -1*price
export excel using "test.xlsx", sheetmodify sheet("SheetOne") 
firstrow(varl)

Note the commented instructions to create a graph in Excel.   The second 
export statement crashes Stata.   This seems to only happen if the graph 
is moved to a special "graph only" sheet.  There are no issues if you copy 
the graph to another regular excel sheet or leave the g

I am using Windows XP SP3, Stata 12.0 (Aug 8, 2011 update), and Excel 
2007.

Can anyone reproduce this error on a different setup?

Thanks,

Daniel







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