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Could you please try the following?: Open the file C:\Program Files\MLwiN\v2.16\discrete\bvar in a text editor change the line: case 2 : negative binomial - constrain first var in group to case 2 : note negative binomial - constrain first var in group save the file and see if your model now gets any...

The command being generated by the "sort" window is being more verbose than is necessary in your case as it is writing out each column name involved in the sort separately. Because you are sorting most of your data you can specify a range of columns instead, preventing you from exceeding t...

I think that you should be able to use MLwiN sort functionality (Data Manipulation->Sort, or the SORT command) to reorder your data so it is ordered by identification number. Once you have both sets of data in the same order then you should be able to copy variables from one to another. Of course yo...

If you have the data in a text file then you can use the ASCII text input commands to add these variables to an existing worksheet. The easiest way of doing this is via the File->ASCII text file input menu. Alternatively you can use the "paste" button in the "names" window add va...

There is currently no way to change the number display format via a command. This option will exist in the next release (2.16).

There is currently no way to change the formatting of numbers output by these commands. You might want to try using the new model saving/comparison functionality as this displays numbers based on your current MLwiN settings (Options->Numbers). For more information on using this see the MLwiN manual ...