By the way: I would not use programs such as foobar_on.ado and
foobar_off.ado. Try to use a common tool and supply the package name
as an argument, e.g. myconfiginit.ado and myconfigerase.ado so you can
type
myconfiginit foobar
and
myconfigerase foobar
if this is possible.
ben
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have a command that creates some files during it's work, which in
> their nature are neither temporary, nor permanent. (They exist more
> than one session). They are created when the program is first launched
> and changed occasionally after. An example may be a config file, which
> determines the mode of use of the command (in reality things are more
> complicated, a dummy config file could be simply supplied with the
> package). I don't want to leave a mess on the user's computer and when
> [s]he uninstalls the package with -ado uninstall foobar- I want to
> clean up and remove all of these `temporary' files.
>
> Q: is there any way how I can provide an uninstall routine, that will
> be called by Stata when the user issues -ado uninstall foobar- ? (I
> prefer to avoid instructing "Don't forget that you can't remove this
> package like any other package and must first call -foobar_uninst- and
> then -ado uninstall foobar-).
>
> Earlier I asked about the possibility of receiving control immediately
> after the package is installed (e.g. to add a command to the menu).
> This request is symmetric, but with regard to uninstallation.
>
> Ideally, I would want to include into the package two files, e.g
> foobar_on.ado and foobar_off.ado and have Stata's -ado- execute the
> first after -foobar- is installed and the second before it is
> uninstalled.
>
> Thank you,
> Sergiy Radyakin
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