Problems with quaterly data

[EduardoClark]

I can't seem to get quaterly data to work with this packages. For example this works

xts <- x12(AirPassengers)

and this doesn't work

tmp <- ts(AirPassengers, frequency=4)
xts <- x12(tmp)

where I get the following output:

X-13ARIMA-SEATS Seasonal Adjustment Program Version Number 1.0 Build 150 Execution began Nov 25, 2013 14.35.56

Reading input spec file from Rout.spc Storing any program output into Rout.out Storing any program error messages into Rout.err Storing any diagnostics output into gra/Rout.udg

Execution complete for Rout.spc at Nov 25, 2013 14.35.57 Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: In file(file, "rt") : cannot open file 'gra/Rout.NA': No such file or directory

[alexkowa]

tmp <- ts(AirPassengers, frequency=4,start=c(1950,1))
str(tmp)
xts <- x12(tmp)

this works for me. The date is important, otherwise it starts at c(1,1).

[rbagd]

I would like to reopen this bug. It is still present for quarterly data in the latest version 1.6.0 of the package despite the tips above for setting time series data. I believe this is caused by changes between x12 and x13. Indeed, switching to use="x12" in the below line works flawlessly.

BaseInfo <- new("x12BaseInfo", x12path, x13path, use="x13", showWarnings=TRUE)

[wzrzt]

Platform:windows10_64bit First , I put the folder 'winx12' in c:\program files\, and it output errors such as "can not find Rout.err", "Can not find air.err" and so on . I realized that it may be caused by authority problem, So I decided to move the folder to somewhere authority requests less. When I move the folder 'winx12' to paritition D, the error disapear, and the output is normal.

[jbbinder8]

I had the same problem:

Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection

when running quarterly data with x13as.exe. For monthly data I get no errors.

The workarounds above didn't solve the problem. I switched path to the older x12a.exe and it's working.