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Re: st: How to replace .docx file?
From
Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to replace .docx file?
Date
Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:35:52 -0500
Thank you, Stas, you are right. Problem solved.
Friedrich
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]> wrote:
> -real scalar replace- indicates that this must be a number, rather
> than a string, as you specified. The help file says that anything
> non-zero would be considered, in Stata's tradition of logical
> expression evaluation, to be true. So you instead need to write
>
> _docx_save(dh, "example.docx", 1)
>
>
> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (ASA, SSC)
> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI
> -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the
> position of my employer
> -- http://stas.kolenikov.name
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am experimenting with the creation of .docx files and don't know how
>> to specify the -replace- option. According to -help mf__docx-,
>> documents are saved with this command:
>>
>> _docx_save(dh, string scalar filename [, real scalar replace])
>>
>> Take this example, adapted from -help mf__docx-.
>>
>> * Create a document
>> mata:
>> dh = _docx_new()
>> end
>>
>> * Add some text
>> mata:
>> _docx_paragraph_new(dh, "Some text")
>> end
>>
>> * Save file
>> mata:
>> res = _docx_save(dh, "example.docx")
>> end
>>
>> * Replace file
>> mata:
>> res = _docx_save(dh, "example.docx", replace)
>> end
>>
>> The last command results in an error message.
>>
>> . * Replace file
>> . mata:
>> ------------------------------------------------- mata (type end to
>> exit) --------------------------------------
>> : res = _docx_save(dh, "example.docx", replace)
>> <istmt>: 3499 replace not found
>> (0 lines skipped)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> r(3499);
>>
>> I tried different variations of the -replace- option with the same
>> result. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Friedrich
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