At 08:39 AM 2/13/2005, you wrote:
can you put -char()- into this?
No, it doesn't work.
The problem is the ":". There doesn't seem to be a way to get " " around it
when you pass it from the file program into what will become a help file.
I found a work around: using \directory_name\ as opposed to c:\directory_name\
So it goes.
Thanks,
Fred
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:22:28 -0600, Fred Wolfe
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I wonder if any Statalister might help me with this problem: using windows
> xp, stata 8.2SE - up to date.
>
> I am passing a series of file descriptions to the -file- program in the
> macro -fname-.
>
> They look like:
>
> c:\statdata\zoster\zoster.hlp
> c:\statdata\analgesic\readme.txt
>
> <snip>
> file open `wfile' using c:/ado/personal/projects.hlp, write replace
> file write `wfile' "{smcl}" _n
> foreach fname of local dirs {
> file write `wfile' "View {view `fname'}" _n
> }
> <snip>
>
> After the program runs, I look in the created help file and see this:
>
> View \statdata\ADR\adr.hlp
> View \statdata\adrepi\adrepi.hlp
> View \statdata\back\backpain.hlp
> View \statdata\back\fibro.hlp
> View \statdata\back\utility.hlp
> View \statdata\cancerfu\breastcancer.hlp
> View \statdata\cancerfu\cancerfu.hlp
> View \statdata\cancerfu\lungcancer.hlp
>
> When I click on one of these, I get the following:
>
> file c not found
> request was:
>
> view c
>
> The ":" is being dropped and the path/file split apart.
>
> I would like to see:
>
> View c:\statdata\ADR\adr.hlp
>
> I have not been able to solve this problem with escape characters "\" or
> macval() or any other text I could think of.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Wolfe
>
> Fred Wolfe
> National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
> Wichita, Kansas
> Tel (316) 263-2125 Fax (316) 263-0761
> [email protected]
>
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Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
Tel (316) 263-2125 Fax (316) 263-0761
[email protected]
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