Re: st: adoupdate installed a version for a Stata copy, newer than I have

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

This problem can be solved by installing the latest version of -sdecode- 
compatible with your Stata version from my website. In the case of 
-sdecode- for Stata Version 12 users, the latest version of -sdecode- 
compatible with Stata Version 12 can be found by typing, in Stata,

net from "http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata11/";

and selecting and installing -sdecode-.

Like Richard, I am surprised that this problem does not arise more 
often. I personally have always  had a policy of distributing versions 
of my packages compatible with earlier versions of Stata on my website. 
They can usually be located using -findit-. Alternatively, a user can 
use a browser and find the latest version of any package from my website at

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata.htm#all_versions

and they will see a table of all versions of all my packages, sorted 
primarily by package name and secondarily in reverse order of version.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger


Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine
and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
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On 20/01/2014 22:41, Richard Williams wrote:
> I'm surprised this problem doesn't come up more often with adoupate. It
> would be nice if it could check to make sure you aren't installing an
> update that now requires a version of Stata you don't have.
>
> Luckily, Roger Newson is very good about keeping old versions of his
> programs around for those who still need them. See
>
> http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata.htm
>
> At 03:40 PM 1/20/2014, Pedro Nakashima wrote:
> > Dear users
> >
> > Recently, with the intention of updating my ado files, I gave  -
> > adoupdate, update -command.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it seems that the command installed newer versions of
> > the programs (for Stata 13) than the copy I have (Stata 12).
> >
> > For example, one .ado updated was - sdecode -.
> >
> > I discovered the problem when I used this ado the last time when, to
> > my surprise, the following message appeared:
> >
> >
> > . sdecode mun, gen(munnome)
> > this is version 12.1 of Stata; it cannot run version 13.0 programs
> >      You can purchase the latest version of Stata by visiting
> > http://www.stata.com.
> > r(9);
> >
> > end of do-file
> >
> > r(9);
> >
> >
> > I appreciate any help.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Pedro Nakashima.
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