Why can BOA find the output (CODA) files I created in WinBUGS?
BOA assumes that the CODA files have extensions “.ind” and “.out”. Unfortunately, Microsoft Windows will often automatically append a “.txt” extension when saving these files. For example, suppose that we specified, in WinBUGS, that our CODA files be saved as “line.ind” and “line.out”. We subsequently go to import the files in BOA, but are greeted with the following error message: Enter filename prefix without the .ind or .out extension [Working Directory: “”]1: lineWarning: could not find ‘line.ind’ or ‘line.out’ to import In actuality, Microsoft Windows saved the files as “line.ind.txt” and “line.out.txt”, even though that is not what it was asked to do. You may not even see the “.txt” extension in the Windows Explorer (file manager). The default setting for the file manager hides the file extensions. Here are two ways to fix the problem: In the Windows file manager, select “Tools->Folder Options” from the menu bar. This will bring up a dialog box with the settings for the file manag
