st: Re: problem adding textbox to graph with 2 y axes

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

"Brian Wells Pence" <bpence@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to add a text box to a graph that has 2 y axes with different 
> scales.  I can add the text to a single graph, and I can add the text to a 
> graph with 2 y variables if they are on the same axis, but when I add a 
> second y axis I get a mystifying error message.  I've replicated the 
> problem below using the auto.dta dataset; commands and log are below.  Am 
> I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
<snip>.
> . twoway scatter mpg weight, text(41 2040 "VW Diesel", place(e)) || ///
> >         scatter turn weight, yaxis(2)
> text() option invalid, specified axis pair (1 1) not in graph
> invalid syntax
> invalid syntax
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
>
> end of do-file
> r(198);
I tried this last graph command and it worked fine for me (Stata/SE 9.1).

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net 
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