class member function not found ( bar charts)

[islam abdelbary]

Hi all ,

While I am using STATA 11.2 in panel data analysis and everything is going well . Suddenly , when I run the command to draw a graph(bar chart) for GDP variable (Y) as :
graph bar (mean) Y
the respond was :
bargraph_g.new (mean) Y: class member function not found .

This problem became in all STATA sheets , which is mean the problem in the software itself ?! , and it is in making bar charts only , other types of graph are working.

Could you suggest what I shall to do ? it is a really big problem for me .

Thanks for your help ,

[Nick Cox]

There is nothing obviously wrong with your syntax as e.g.

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. graph bar (mean) mpg

is perfectly legal. I suspect you typed something different and are not copying it fully and correctly. Your edits, whether conscious or unconscious, have removed the error.

(My only other guess is that your copy of Stata is corrupt.)

[islam abdelbary]

Nick ,

Still not working and the same message as :
sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. graph bar (mean) mpg
bargraph_g.new (mean) mpg: class member function not found
r(4023);

my stata 11.2 ic is original .

are any other suggestions ?

[wbuchanan]

Try restarting your Stata and it shouldn't be a problem any more. It can happen occasionally and restarting Stata has always done the job anytime it was an issue for me.

[islam abdelbary]

Thanks, ebuchanan,
unfortunately, I am out of my country and I don't have a copy of the program . any other suggestion to do . or even the link to download the same version and then enter my serial number .

Thanks again ,

[wbuchanan]

Is it something that is so dire that it cannot wait until you're back home? Maybe connecting remotely to a server that has Stata installed? If you need the download link you would need to contact StataCorp directly for that.