Thanks a lot--this is so embarrassing, I can't believe I haven't seen
that and I have tried all other sorts of stuff instead.
Thanks again, and my apologies,
Davide
On 14/02/2008, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, this is no surprise, since you export it as pdf to the same gph
> file thus destroying it's contents.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sergiy Radyakin
>
>
>
>
> On 2/14/08, Davide Cantoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Sergiy,
> >
> > thanks a lot for your comments. Let me answer in the right order. I
> > typed in the numbers by hand (it's only 5 obs -- just type in any
> > numbers to replicate) into the stata editor for var1 and var 2 , then
> > I run the following do-file:
> >
> > *** do-file begins ***
> >
> > gen lb = var1-invnormal(0.025)*var2
> >
> > gen ub = var1+invnormal(0.025)*var2
> >
> > label var var1 "Point Estimate"
> >
> > label var lb "Lower"
> >
> > label var ub "Upper bound of CI"
> >
> > gen int var5 = 130 in 1
> > replace var5 = 134 in 2
> > replace var5 = 138 in 3
> > replace var5 = 142 in 4
> > replace var5 = 146 in 5
> >
> > rename var5 quarter
> >
> > format quarter %tqCY:q
> >
> > twoway (rcap lb ub quarter) (scatter var1 quarter), yline(0)
> > legend(region(lstyle(none))) scheme(s1color) xtitle(year)
> > ytitle(coefficient) subtitle("Consumption later (Sum), nn matching")
> >
> > graph save "consbought_sum_panel_nnmatch.gph", replace asis
> >
> > graph export "consbought_sum_panel_nnmatch.gph", as(pdf) replace
> >
> > *** do file ends ***
> >
> > I should also add that the graph export as(pdf) command at the end is
> > not working either (no pdf file is created) even though Stata does not
> > give me an error message, either. But this may be secondary at this
> > stage.
> >
> > (2) Yes, many of the older graphs are exactly the same combination of
> > rcap+scatter, with similar if not identical options.
> >
> > (3) I tried dropping observations one at a time, and it does not work.
> >
> > (5) the same happens on another computer with Windows platform.
> >
> > The interesting observation is that if, after the end of the do file,
> > I repeat the twoway command and the graph save command by hand, the
> > saving works fine.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Davide
> >
> >
> > On 14/02/2008, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hello Davide,
> > >
> > > 1) can you post the original command which builds the graph in the first place?
> > > 2) is any of the "older" graphs similar/exactly same as the one that
> > > stopped working?
> > > 3) can you kick out observations from your data and see if save/use
> > > starts working at some point? if it does not and the number of obs is
> > > low enough may be you could post the data as well?
> > > 4) try to trace graph use, and see where it breaks down.
> > > 5) try to open your gph file on another computer/platform. If it opens
> > > -- then there is something wrong with graph use on your machine, if
> > > not - there is smth wrong with graph save. Can you post the gph file?
> > > 6) rcap works fine on Stata / Windows 9.2:
> > >
> > > twoway rcap length weight price
> > > graph save "X:\untitled.gph", replace
> > > graph use X:\untitled.gph
> > >
> > > Best regards, Sergiy
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/14/08, Davide Cantoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hello, I am having a problem in creating a twoway (rcap + scatter)
> > > > graph. I create the graph and save it as a .gph (Stata executes the
> > > > command without any error messages); then, when I try to reopen it,
> > > > Stata (Intercooled Stata 9.2 for Mac) says:
> > > >
> > > > . graph use "/consbought_sum_panel_nnmatch.gph"
> > > > file not a Stata .gph file
> > > > r(610);
> > > >
> > > > Again, when I had saved the graph in the first place, Stata gave no
> > > > error messages. I tried to check the following:
> > > >
> > > > - saving with "asis" option: same problem.
> > > > - other, older graphs I saved previously are fine and can be opened
> > > > - I copied and pasted the relevant variables into a new dataset, and
> > > > created/saved the graph out of that: same problem.
> > > > - I ran one of the examples (about twoway rcap) in the help files,
> > > > saved it as .gph, reopened: worked fine.
> > > >
> > > > Is anyone aware of what might cause such an error?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your suggestions,
> > > >
> > > > Davide
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