FAQs

What Stata version is required?

 DASP 2.0 requires STATA version 9 or higher.

How to install or update DASP

 In general, the *.ado files are saved in the following main directories:

  Method 1: installing DASP modules in PLUS directory (recommended).

1. After downloading the DASP package and dezipping it, copy the folder dasp in the directory c:
2. Make sure that you have c:/dasp/dasp1.pkg, c:/dasp/dasp2.pkg, c:/dasp/dasp3.pkg and c:/dasp/stata.toc
3. In the Stata command windows, type the syntax

     net from c:/dasp

 Type the commands

net install dasp_1.pkg, force

net install dasp_2.pkg, force

net install dasp_3.pkg, force

Method 2: copying dasp modules in the PERSONAL directory

Follow these steps.

1. Type the command sysdir to find the path of the directory PERSONAL.
2. Unzip the file dasp.zip
3. Copy contents of  “dasp/files”, i.e, *.hlp *.ado and *.dlg files , in the directory PERSONAL

How to add the DASP submenu to Stata’s main menu?

With STATA 9.0, sub menus can be added to the menu item User.

To add the DASP sub menus, the file profile.do (which is provided with the DASP package) must be copied into the PERSONAL directory. If the file profile.do already exists, add the contents of the DASP –provided profile.do file into that existing file and save it. To check if the file profile.do already exists, type the command:  findfile  profile.do .