Overwrite protected column

[emmaanderson]

Hi,

For the last few months i've had the following error message coming up with every model i run from stata:

"Column esample is protected. Overwrite protected column?"

I found this previous thread (https://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=1374) back from 2009 that stated "have a workaround to these messages in the -runmlwin- development version, which we hope to release to ssc soon."

I can't seem to find anything in the manuals or online.

Is someone able to advise me how I stop this message coming up? I'm trying to run loops and it's a nightmare.

Thanks!

Emma

[ChrisCharlton]

This message should not appear if you are using the model recent version of -runmlwin-. Could you try updating it with the command:

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adoupdate runmlwin

and letting us know if this fixes it?

[emmaanderson]

Ah wow- that worked straight away. Amazing, thank you for getting back to me so quickly

[ChrisCharlton]

Could you enter the following command in Stata?:

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which runmlwin

and then open the runmlwin.ado file that it refers to in a text editor.

This should contain the following line:

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file write `macro1' "MARK 0" _n 

If not then the update was not successful and I suggest that you investigate why not. If this line does exist in your version then let us know.