Scott Merryman's response to Barley Water's question about shading
subregions of a graph suggests a work-around within Stata that produces
something close what Barley wants.
preserve
sysuse gnp96,clear
sum gnp
local max=`r(max)'
gen c=`max' if date>q(1992q1)&date<q(2001q1)
lab var c "Clinton Years"
twoway (area c date, bcolor(gs15)) (line gnp date, clpattern(solid))
restore
Jerry
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