>
> "DLL" sounds like some OS-specific construct. The file format for Stata
> .dta files is published in the Programming manual, [p] file formats
> .dta. You can use that specification to write your code to read the
> .dta file without making that routine specific to any particular OS.
>
> Kit
[SM] For an example of the above see the C code for the R library "Foreign"
available from the R-project website. This library can read/write Stata
files (not sure about Stata 8 file format).
Salah
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