Re: [rkward-devel] rkward import module for Stata

[Michael Ash]

I have a question about modifying the file browser for the import_stata module.

read.dta(), the R command that reads in Stata files, will accept URL's
for the filename and read Stata data directly off the web.  Try for
example:

mydata <- 
read.dta("http://courses.umass.edu/econ753/berndt/stata/chap5-cps.dta";)

However, the "File name" box in import_stata will not accept URL's.  I
do not know very much about KDE or xml, but I suspect that the
following line in import_stata.xml (borrowed from import_spss.xml)
specifies that only files, not URL's, can be specified:

<browser type="file" id="file" label="File name"/>

Is there a straightforward way to permit files or URL's to be specified?

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Michael


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