Opening a Dynare file

Dynare help (legacy posts)
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Hi all,

I am getting to use Dynare these days and am doing baby steps. I have a very basic question as such.
I looked up online yet did not find a solution yet.

What I did:

  • I installed Dynare 4.4.3
  • I have Matlab running fine
  • I added the path \dynare\4.4.3\matlab to the Matlab directory

What I am miserably trying to do:

  • Opening and running the simple examples in the dynare\4.4.3\examples subfolder.

What it does:

  • I can open the file by writing the Matlab command “edit example1.mod” or any other example that comes when installing Dynare
  • I can’t run it by writing “dynare example1.mod” or any other example. The error message I get is:

================================
Configuring Dynare …
[mex] Generalized QZ.
[mex] Sylvester equation solution.
[mex] Kronecker products.
[mex] Sparse kronecker products.
[mex] Local state space iteration (second order).
[mex] Bytecode evaluation.
[mex] k-order perturbation solver.
[mex] k-order solution simulation.
[mex] Quasi Monte-Carlo sequence (Sobol).
[mex] Markov Switching SBVAR.

Starting Dynare (version 4.4.3).
Starting preprocessing of the model file …
ERROR: Could not open file: example1.mod

Error using dynare (line 174)
DYNARE: preprocessing failed

I can tell I am doing a silly mistake somewhere, yet I cannot figure it out.
Would anyone have any idea on this? Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks!

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You need to set Matlab’s Current Folder to the folder where the mod-file is located.

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Many thanks for your swift reply.

It all works, thanks again for helping new starters.

All the best for 2015