[Tex/LaTex] Error: Not in outer par mode with estwide table

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I am new to using TeX. I am trying to call a table as a tex file that is created in Stata 14. I am using estwide command. But I am getting an error message " Not in outer par mode" .
I checked the previously posted questions and answers about it, however the changes didn't correct the error.
I am attaching my codes and the tex file. Note that I have tex codes for the table that Stata created in tex form. When I copy and paste that tex, there is no error. The table is compiled. However, I am trying to automize adding tables and figures in TeX file. I am using OS X El Capitan v.10.11.4.
Any help would be appreciated! I couldn't upload the tex file that I want to add. But it is in the code "comment"ed.
Thanks
E. Watson

\documentclass[letterpaper,oneside,11pt]{book}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amsthm}
%\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage[total={6in,9in}, top=1.0in, bottom=1.0in, left=1.25in, right=1.25in, includefoot]{geometry}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
\usepackage{hyperref}
%\usepackage{longtable}
%\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{multirow}
%\usepackage{endfloat}
\usepackage{makebox}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{bbm}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{float}

%\renewcommand{\thetable}{\Roman{table}}
\graphicspath{{png/}}
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{}
\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{10}

% Alter some LaTeX defaults for better treatment of figures:
    % See p.105 of "TeX Unbound" for suggested values.
    % See pp. 199-200 of Lamport's "LaTeX" book for details.
    %   General parameters, for ALL pages:
    \renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}    % max fraction of floats at top
    \renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8} % max fraction of floats at bottom
    %   Parameters for TEXT pages (not float pages):
    \setcounter{topnumber}{2}
    \setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
    \setcounter{totalnumber}{4}     % 2 may work better
    \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{2}    % for 2-column pages
    \renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{0.9} % fit big float above 2-col. text
    \renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.07}  % allow minimal text w. figs
    %   Parameters for FLOAT pages (not text pages):
    \renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}  % require fuller float pages
    % N.B.: floatpagefraction MUST be less than topfraction !!
    \renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{0.7}   % require fuller float pages



\pagestyle{empty}
%\input{math.tex}
%\input{include.tex}
\newboolean{issolution}
\setboolean{issolution}{false}
\newboolean{isdraft}
\setboolean{isdraft}{true}
%\input{tcilatex}




%%%%%% NEW PRE %%%%%
% Packages for tables
\usepackage{booktabs}% Pretty tables
\usepackage{threeparttablex}% For Notes below table

% *****************************************************************
% siunitx
% *****************************************************************
\newcommand{\sym}[1]{\rlap{#1}} % Thanks to Joseph Wright & David Carlisle

\usepackage{siunitx}
    \sisetup{
        detect-mode,
        group-digits            = false,
        input-symbols           = ( ) [ ] - +,
        table-align-text-post   = false,
        input-signs             = ,
        }   

% Character substitution that prints brackets and the minus symbol in text mode. Thanks to David Carlisle
\def\yyy{%
  \bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string-%
  \uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\llap{\textendash}\relax}}}%
  \mathcode\expandafter`\string-"8000 }

\def\xxxl#1{%
\bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string#1%
\uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\noexpand\llap{\string#1}}}}%
\mathcode\expandafter`\string#1"8000 }

\def\xxxr#1{%
\bgroup\uccode`\~\expandafter`\string#1%
\uppercase{\egroup\edef~{\noexpand\text{\noexpand\rlap{\string#1}}}}%
\mathcode\expandafter`\string#1"8000 }

\def\textsymbols{\xxxl[\xxxr]\xxxl(\xxxr)\yyy}


% *****************************************************************
% Estout related things
% *****************************************************************
\let\estinput=\input % define a new input command so that we can still flatten the document

\newcommand{\estwide}[3]{
        \vspace{.75ex}{
            \textsymbols% Note the added command here
            \begin{tabular*}
            {\textwidth}{@{\hskip\tabcolsep\extracolsep\fill}l*{#2}{#3}}
            \toprule
            \estinput{#1}
            \bottomrule
            \addlinespace[.75ex]
            \end{tabular*}
            }
        }   

\newcommand{\estauto}[3]{
        \vspace{.75ex}{
            \textsymbols% Note the added command here
            \begin{tabular}{l*{#2}{#3}}
            \toprule
            \estinput{#1}
            \bottomrule
            \addlinespace[.75ex]
            \end{tabular}
            }
        }

% Allow line breaks with \\ in specialcells
\newcommand{\specialcell}[2][c]{%
    \begin{tabular}[#1]{@{}c@{}}#2\end{tabular}
}

% *****************************************************************
% Custom subcaptions
% *****************************************************************
% Note/Source/Text after Tables
% The new approach using threeparttables to generate notes that are the exact width of the table.
\newcommand{\Figtext}[1]{%
    \begin{tablenotes}[para,flushleft]
    \hspace{6pt}
    \hangindent=1.75em
    #1
    \end{tablenotes}
    }
\newcommand{\Fignote}[1]{\Figtext{\emph{Note:~}~#1}}
\newcommand{\Figsource}[1]{\Figtext{\emph{Source:~}~#1}}
\newcommand{\Starnote}{\Figtext{* p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. Standard errors in parentheses.}}% Add significance note with \starnote


\begin{document}

\doublespacing
\section{Appendix}
%%%%%% TABLES %%%%%

\begin{table}
\centering
  \begin{threeparttable}
    \caption{Table1}
    \estwide{/Users/Shared/Example/table1.tex}{2}{c}
     \end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

%%% This part pasted from tex file stata created. 
%%  It compiles without error.
%\begin{table}[htbp]\centering
%\caption{Regression table\label{tab1}}
%\begin{tabular}{l*{2}{c}}
%\hline\hline
%                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}\\
%                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}\\
%\hline
%Weight (lbs.)       &       1.747&       3.465\\
%                    &      (2.72)&      (5.49)\\
%[1em]
%Mileage (mpg)       &      -49.51&       21.85\\
%                    &     (-0.57)&      (0.29)\\
%[1em]
%Car type            &            &      3673.1\\
%                    &            &      (5.37)\\
%[1em]
%Constant            &      1946.1&     -5853.7\\
%                    &      (0.54)&     (-1.73)\\
%\hline
%Observations        &          74&          74\\
%\hline\hline
%\multicolumn{3}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{t} statistics in parentheses}\\
%\end{tabular}
%\end{table}






\end{document}

Best Answer

Not in outer par mode means you have a table environment nested inside something that doesn't allow tables. Here it is another table environment.

Your input file starts

\begin{table}[htbp]\centering
\caption{Regression table\label{tab1}}

so it is already a complete table float with a caption, not just the table itself.

But you are trying to input it as

\begin{table}
\centering
  \begin{threeparttable}
    \caption{Table1}
    \estwide{/Users/Shared/Example/table1.tex}{2}{c}
     \end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

so putting a table inside a threeparttable inside a table. That can not work, just use

\input{table1.tex}

or (if that's possible) get your application to just write the inner tabular to the table1.tex file not wrap it in table and \caption

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