Graph Commands Not Working After Upgrading to Stata 17

[Dallas Wood]

Hi,

I upgraded to Stata 17 about 3-4 weeks ago. I have not had any problems with most operations (merging datasets, generating summary statistics, running regressions, etc.). However, I recently tried creating some scatter plots and found that none of the graphing commands seem to be working. Here is example below. I load Stata's automobile dataset, then try to create a scatter plot of price and mpg. In return, I get a lot of "notes" that I cannot decipher. When I was using Stata 16 earlier this year everything worked fine. Has anyone else run into this problem? Is this something I should take to Stata directly?

sysuse auto

scatter price mpg

Sample Output:
(note: named style relative not found in class sizetype, default attributes used)
(note: sizetype not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style body not found in class textstyle, default attributes used)
(note: named style default not found in class tickstyle, default attributes used)
(note: named style thin not found in class linewidth, default attributes used)
(note: linewidth not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style medium not found in class linewidth, default attributes used)
(note: linewidth not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style yes not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style yes not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style no not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style no not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style no not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style no not found in class yesno, default attributes used)
(note: yesno not found in scheme, default attributes used)
(note: named style major_horiz_default not found in class ticksetstyle, default attributes used)
(note: named style major_horiz_default not found in class ticksetstyle, default attributes used)
(note: named style major_horiz_default not found in class ticksetstyle, default attributes used)
(note: named style major_horiz_default not found in class ticksetstyle, default attributes used)

Screenshot

[Clyde Schechter]

It looks as if somehow your Stata installation is missing the scheme and class files that Stata's graph commands rely on. I suggest you uninstall Stata 17 and re-install it. If you encounter the same problem after that, then I think you should contact StataCorp's technical support.

[Dallas Wood]

Thanks Clyde! I will try reinstalling the software and see if that resolves the issue.

[Jared Greathouse]

My only other question, is did you have, for 16, some class specific to your version of Stata (if that's even possible) that wouldn't be present in your current version? Also, did any graph appear or did it just spit notes back at you without any output?

[Bjarte Aagnes]

You can control your installation using the Stata Installation Qualification Tool (IQT).

[Damiano Uccheddu]

Hi everyone,
I'm facing the same issues with the marginsplot command not working in Stata 18. As recommended by Clyde Schechter, I tried reinstalling Stata 18 to resolve the problem. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to fix it. Additionally, I ran the Stata Installation Qualification Tool (IQT), as advised by Bjarte Aagnes, but it didn't flag any issues. Dallas Wood, did the reinstallation work for you? I'm still experiencing the same issue even after trying the suggested steps. Has anyone else using Stata 18 encountered and solved this problem differently? This is the problem I encounter:

sysuse auto
reg price mpg i.foreign 
margins foreign
marginsplot, plot1opts(lpattern(solid) lwidth(med) lcolor(gs14))

[Bjarte Aagnes]

see valid options for linewidthstyle

help linewidthstyle

[Marc Kaulisch]

Hi everyone,

sysuse auto
reg price mpg i.foreign
margins foreign
marginsplot, plot1opts(lpattern(solid) lwidth(med) lcolor(gs14))

I solved it with - medium -

sysuse auto
reg price mpg i.foreign
margins foreign
marginsplot, plot1opts(lpattern(solid) lwidth(medium) lcolor(gs14))

[Damiano Uccheddu]

Solved! Many thanks to both of you! It is likely that in earlier versions of Stata it was possible to abbreviate with 'med'... but I am not sure about this. Thanks again!