st: Trouble importing an Excel spreadsheet when the desired sheet is not the first sheet

[Aaron Kirkman <ak1795mailserv@gmail.com>]

Dear Statalist,

I'm using Stata 12.1 with the 22 Oct 2012 revision on Windows 7 x64. I
need to import data from an excel spreadsheet where the desired sheet
is not the first sheet, but the --import excel-- command returns an
r(601) error of "Sheet not found."

The spreadsheet contains data from the Workforce Investment Act, found
at this link:

http://www.doleta.gov/budget/docs/110630_wia_spendsum_bypgm_asof_120209_out.xls

The sheet I need is titled "DW_Sum". I ran this command:

****
import excel "110630_wia_spendsum_bypgm_asof_120209_out.xls",
sheet("DW_Sum") clear
****

but I get the r(601) error. If I open Excel and move the DW_Sum sheet
to a position as the first sheet, the above command works. The same
command also works if I remove the --sheet-- option all together
(assuming I've moved DW_Sum to be the first sheet).

Can anyone reproduce this error? In other spreadsheets from the site,
i.e. this one:

http://www.doleta.gov/budget/docs/101231_WIA_SpendSum_byPgm_asof_110603_OUT.xls

I do not have this problem, so I assume this is a problem with this
specific spreadsheet, but I want to make sure.

Thank you,
Aaron
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