st: RE: Problem with saving graphs

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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To export graphs, see -help graph_export-. 

The statement in the help for -help saving_option- that 

"If filename is specified without an extension, .gph will be assumed."

may have misled you into thinking that you could just give it a different
extension and it would export for you...


HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of kerbym@mun.ca
Sent: Samstag, 11. September 2010 13:37
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: Problem with saving graphs

I seem to be having a problem with saving my Stata 10.1 graphs using OSX
10.6.3.

I run a do file which reads:

version 10
#delimit ;
clear ;
sysuse cancer.dta ;
stset studytime, fail(died==1) ;
sts graph, saving(graphtest.png, replace) ;

The graph appears in the graph viewer but when I go to open png file I get
the
message "The file "graphtest.png" could not be opened. It may be damaged or
use
a file format that Preview doesn't recognize" I've tried saving the graph in
different formats and I get the same message.

The odd thing is that if I manually save the graph using the "save" icon on
the
graph viewer, then I have no problem; the graph saves perfectly as a png or
whatever format I choose. I've tried saving graphics and pictures using
other
applications and I had no problem, it only seems to happen using Stata.

Has anybody else had this problem? Does anyone know of a solution?

Best etc.

Matthew



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Matthew Kerby
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL, A1C5S7, Canada
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