Open .exe file in mac for Stata

[nawar han]

Hello I just downloaded a database which is within a .exe file. I have a mac and I was wondering if someone had a simple method of opening this file and the database with stata 13.
thank you

[wbuchanan]

.exe is a Windows binary, which when executed may or may not be a database system. It is not a format that I have ever seen used to store or transmit data, so you may want to provide some other details regarding source and/or what type of database it is (other than SQL server and MS Access I think most are cross platform). In short, however, there isn't any way to execute a Windows binary on a Mac outside of running Windows on the Mac (e.g., purchase desktop virtualization software and a Windows license to install on your Mac and then open it after booting into Windows).

[Friedrich Huebler]

This is the first result of a Google search for "exe file on mac": http://www.wikihow.com/Open-Exe-Files-on-Mac

[Jorrit Gosens]

Simplest option: find a friend who runs windows, open database and export to some usable file format

[wbuchanan]

After digging into this a bit more, and assuming you have homebrew or Fink installed, you may be able to install Wine:

brew install wine --devel --with-libgsm
brew install winetricks

to see if that helps. I've used Wine on a Linux box before and have had mixed success with different programs, but that may work for you. If not finding a friend or using some other type of virtualization/dual boot based technology would be the only other options.

[Sam Manning]

I'm trying to use the winexec command to invoke the OpenSSL program, but I am working on a Mac. OpenSSL only works if I run Windows on my Mac (as wbuchanan pointed out). Does anyone know if it is still possible to call a Windows-only program like OpenSSL in Stata if you're working on a Mac?

The bare bones of my code is simply:

winexec filepath_to_openssl.exe_file

Since I'm working on a mac and I'm trying to call something that only works in Windows does anyone know if you need to specify something more than just the file path to the executable file (.exe file)?