tabcount

[Masoumeh Sanagou]

Hi STATALIST,

I downloaded tabcount files from "https://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s429501.html" and saved them into "C:\ado\plus\t". But when I was running

tabcount  Year_of_Diagnosis diagnosis_age_group1 if Sex_Group==1

I got "command TABCOUNT is unrecognized" error message.

Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

[Masoumeh Sanagou]

IT man had a look at your posts and solved the problem.

I really appreciate your help.

[Nick Cox]

Look at what dir is showing you.

You have no file tabcount.ado but just two files from failed attempts to install. One of those files is tabcount.ado with just a spurious extra extension, .txt.
Change the extension to just .ado using your operating system.

The .mht file is no use to Stata.

That is why Stata is telling you that it can't see a tabcount command.

That is why the SSC pages tell you not to install with a browser.

I already answered your second question. If you don't understand what the settings mean, you need to ask locally. I can't tell you what your proxy host is if you have one. You shouldn't post such details any way.

As #2 already flagged, installation using a browser just causes problems except possibly if you have a very good understanding of Stata and Windows. It's far better to learn how to use the ssc command. That is why it was written.

[Masoumeh Sanagou]

Thanks.

It is not clear to me that what I should do after

help netio

by the way, the result is

. dir c:\ado\plus\t\tabcount*
 7.3k  10/17/17  9:54  tabcount.ado.txt 
 6.4k  10/17/17  9:55  tabcount.hlp     
 6.9k  10/16/17 13:36  tabcount.hlp.hlp 
 2.4k  10/17/17  9:56  tabcount7.ado.mht
 2.2k  10/17/17  9:56  tabcount7.hlp    
 1.9k  10/16/17 13:38  tabcount7.hlp.hlp

[Nick Cox]

It's not clear to me that you really installed tabcount properly before. Show us the results of

which tabcount, all  
dir c:\ado\plus\t\tabcount*

It is possible that Stata is not set up to install stuff properly. In my experience, the first three settings discussed by

help netio

namely

 Turn on or off the use of a proxy server

        set httpproxy {on|off} [, init]


    Set proxy host name

        set httpproxyhost ["]name["]


    Set the proxy port number

        set httpproxyport #

often need attention before anything can be downloaded properly from SSC. If these don't make sense to you, you may need help from your local technical support people.

[Masoumeh Sanagou]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

. ssc inst tabcount
connection timed out -- see help r(2) for troubleshooting
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/ either
  1)  is not a valid URL, or
  2)  could not be contacted, or
  3)  is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).
r(2);

and

. adopath
  [1]  (BASE)      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata15\ado\base/"
  [2]  (SITE)      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata15\ado\site/"
  [3]              "."
  [4]  (PERSONAL)  "c:\ado\personal/"
  [5]  (PLUS)      "c:\ado\plus/"
  [6]  (OLDPLACE)  "c:\ado/"

[Nick Cox]

This should work so long as that is along your adopath. Show us the results of

adopath

I am concerned that you mention a website page rather than SSC. Did you notice the strong advice on the page you mentioned?

This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install tabcount". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.