st: Updated -xml_tab- on SSC

["Zurab Sajaia" <zsajaia@hotmail.com>]

Thanks to Kit Baum, updated version of -xml_tab- is available from SSC.


New option -mv()- was added to automatically change missing values into any 
other values. The syntax is virtually same as -mvencode- but can replace 
missing values with any string, not only numeric values.

-cblanks()- and -cwidth()- accept "Equations" keyword as well to 
automatically add blank columns (and control their width) after every 
equation.

Few more modifications to clean up the code and fix some (potential) 
problems were made in this version as well.

To install the updates type:
.adoupdate xml_tab, update
or
.ssc install xml_tab, replace



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For those who might not be familiar with -xml_tab- it's a program that saves 
Stata output into XML file that can be directly opened in MS Excel or 
OpenOffice Calc. The program is quite flexible to essentially do everything 
Excel or Calc can do in terms of formatting of a table, but from within
Stata. The unique feature of -xml_tab- is that the program allows 
controlling the formatting of the output tables. -xml_tab- can output the 
results using different fonts, change borders of the output cells, insert 
rows and columns, etc.

One can combine multiple estimation results saved using -estimates store- 
and output results next to each other in a single table. Using Excel's 
workbook format allows saving tables on different sheets of the same XML 
file (workbook). This feature can be useful when there's a big number of 
output tables generated using loops that need to be collected into a single 
file.

for more info, please type:
.findit xml_tab

We would be thankful for any suggestions about the additional options and 
improvements in -xml_tab-.

Michael Lokshin and Zurab Sajaia

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