1) Suppported software
Version 10 of Stat/Transfer reads and writes the following data files:
- 1-2-3
- Access (Windows version only)
- ASCII - Delimited
- ASCII- Fixed Format
- dBASE and compatible formats
- Epi Info
- Excel
- FoxPro
- Gauss
- HTML Tables (write only)
- JMP
- LIMDEP
- Matlab
- Mineset
- Minitab
- NLOGIT
- ODBC (Windows and Mac versions only)
- OSIRIS (read-only)
- Paradox
- Quattro Pro
- R
- SAS Data Files
- SAS Value Labels
- SAS CPORT (read-only)
- SAS Transport Files
- S-PLUS
- SPSS Data Files
- SPSS Portable
- Stata
- Statistica (Windows version only)
- SYSTAT
- Triple-S
an be performed with only a few mouse clicks. For more complicated operations, context sensitive help is a click away. Stat/Transfer is designed from top to bottom to save you valuable time.
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2) Main Features
- Worksheet pages can be concatenated into a single output file.
- Value label tags and sets can be preserved.
- SAS value labels can now be read form transport files, CPORT files, datasets, and catalogs.
- JMP support has been expanded
- Users can specify any delimiter for ASCII files and can combine adjacent black delimiters.
- Generated programs and ASCII files can now preserve input widths.
- In R and S-Plus, factors can now be converted to numeric variables with labels to string variables.
- Support for longer string variables and longer value and variable labels has been added; Stat/Transfer is compatible with the limits of all supported programs.
- A built-in logging and FTP facility is now available for troubleshooting.
- Full compatibility with Microsoft Vista.
- Data viewer allows you to preview data in a scrollable grid before you perform your transfer
- Option to control the version and "flavor" of the output Stata dataset that will be written by Stat/Transfer
- Web self-update (Windows version)
- Wildcards for tables and worksheet pages (move multiple tables in a single command)
- Complete online documentation
- Preserves all of the precision of your data
- Support for extended (.A–.Z) missing values in Stata and SAS
- Produces HTML tables from data
- Automatically selects appropriate output dataset storage types
- Automatically optimizes output dataset storage types
- Allows manual control over output dataset storage types
- Produces missing values automatically
- Preserves variable names, value labels, and variable labels
- Supports value labels for string variables
- Allows selection of subsets of variables and cases for transfer
- Allows choice of worksheet page
- Runs in both menu-driven and batch modes
- Optionally enter transfer commands with copy-like syntax
- Optionally build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers
- Extensive options for customization
- Handles up to 8,000 variables; no limit on observations
3) Command processor features
- The command processor now has a flexible syntax for specifying input and output tables simultaneously.
- The command processor now allows multiple input files to be combined into a single output file.
- Automatic wildcard transfers (e.g., copy *.dta *.sd2)
- Build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers
- Directly zip files or run other DOS or Windows programs
- Enter transfer commands with a copy-like syntax
- Keep or drop processing for field selection
- Save ODBC information for prompt-free connections
4) Date/time support
- Time and date-time types
- User-configurable formats for both reading and writing
- Fully Year-2000 (and Year-1600) compliant
5) User interface features
- Quick variable selection using wildcards and ranges
- More control over how worksheet ranges and field names are read
- Easy output path selection using a most-recently-used list
- More control over how user-missing values are processed