I would like to announce that my DataLoad utility which can be found at: http://www.vsn-intl.com/genstat/downloads/datald.htm has been updated to support R data.frames. DataLoad reads a large variety of data formats (listed on the web page) and can convert these to ASCII or XDR data.frames. Only the Windows and Linux versions are up to date due to the fact that I no longer has access to a Unix system (the Sparc/Motif version included in the zip file does not have all the latest features). I'm currently working with Stefano Iacus on developing a Mac OSX version. This is not open source software, due to the fact that its development has been paid for by the GenStat user community, and VSN, the distributor of GenStat, would like to maintain its rights to the source. In the spirit of co-operation VSN have allowed me to distribute the compiled executable, and those R users who are not against free gifts are welcome to download it. I hope this is of use to the R community. I would like to thank Gabor Grothendieck for many helpful suggestions that are likely to make the utility more flexible and useful. I am open to anyone who has troubles or bugs in converting particular files in one of the supported formats emailing me to work out a solution. Best wishes, David _________________________________________________________ Dr David Baird, Biometrician EMail: David.Baird at AgResearch.CO.NZ Mail: AgResearch, PO Box 60, Gerald St, Lincoln, NEW ZEALAND Phone: +64 3 983 3975 Fax: +64 3 983 3946 ======================================================================Attention: The information contained in this message and/or ...{{dropped}}