Re: st: Windows/Mac file recognition

[Jesper Sorensen <sorensen@mit.edu>]

It's not a Mac/Windows thing but a version issue.  You can save your 
Stata 8 dataset in version 7 format using -saveold-.  Your colleague 
with Stata 7 can then save it as version 6 format if necessary.

//Jesper



> I'm working with Stata 8.0 for Mac, and two collegues
> have Stata 6.0 for Windows and Stata 7.0 for Windows.
>  Each data file I send to them is not recognized as a
> Stata file by their versions of Stata, so they cannot
> open the files.
>
> How can I send .dta files to them so that their
> versions of Stata recognize and properly open the
> files?
>
> With thanks,
> Stephanie McWhorter
>
>
> Stephanie McWhorter
> University of California, San Diego
> Department of Political Science
> 9500 Gilman Drive
> La Jolla, CA  92093-0521
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