Ian,
Thank you for your suggestions.
Adding c:\ before the file name solved the file
locking problem. That is,
tabout location gender using c:\results.txt,replace
I have been reading the "tabout" manual and I
understand that Summary with SE or CI can only be
created for svyset data. Please let me know if there
is a way to create a Summary with SE without the
survey option.
Thanks,
Ana Rios
--- Ian Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Ana
>
> The problem you face occurs because of how Mata
> sometimes locks files.
> The other most common problem with locking files is
> due to having the
> text file open in an application like Excel when you
> are outputing from
> Stata (that's the reason for the error message
> saying what it does).
>
> The code below (between the snip marks) will solve
> this problem. Cut and
> paste it into an editor, and save it as
> closeallfiles.ado in your
> personal ado directory.
>
> Next time you get a problem with file locking, just
> type:
>
> closeallfiles
>
> at the Stata command line.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> snip===========
>
> program closeallfiles
> version 9
>
> forvalues i=0(1)50 {
> capture mata: fclose(`i')
> }
> end
>
> snip===========
>
> Rios Galvez, Ana R wrote:
> > I am trying to use the "tabout" command and I am
> getting the following error
> > messages:
> >
> > tabout location gender using results.txt,
> > (note: file results.txt not found)
> > file results.txt could not be opened
> > fopen(): 603 file could not be
> opened
> > write_tab(): - function returned
> error
> > wrap_up(): - function returned
> error
> > do_output(): - function returned
> error
> > <istmt>: - function returned
> error
> > r(603);
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > tabout location gender using results.txt,replace
> >
> > File results.txt
> > is already open inside another application.
> > Please close it before running tabout.
> >
> >
> > I do not have any file named "results". I have
> tried with several different
> > file names and I am still getting the same error
> message.
> >
> > Could someone please help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ana Rios
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