Line for the server...
Michael: "!start mygr.pdf" gives you the same sequence of events as "!
mygr.pdf", but does not leave the "Command Prompt" window open. Of course I
learned this from Sergiy back in the day:
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-05/msg01159.html
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Hanson
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
I see. I had misinterpreted your earlier response to suggest that
you had done something more fancy, but I suspect for some users these
represent useful ideas to get started. I could imagine extending
this to examples such as integrating automatic PDF generation into an
ado file, passing options to epstopdf via Stata, and/or engaging in
batch processing of files from within Stata.
For my own curiosity, is the "start" command standard in the Windows
equivalent of a shell? (I'm so used to working with Unix-based OSs,
I'm not even sure if "shell" is the right word here.) Does it simply
launch the program associated with the file extension of the listed
file -- in this case some pre-specified PDF reader?
Thanks,
Mike
On Dec 3, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
> Not too much magic there. What I meant was: I would not know how to
> tell Acrobat or other suggested PDF-makers to just turn my graph
> into a pdf file. Most of the other utilities are installed as
> printers, so that would complicate matters for me...
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> sc mpg wei
> cap erase mygr.eps
> cap erase mygr.pdf
> gr export mygr.eps
> !epstopdf mygr.eps
> !start mygr.pdf
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
> _______________________
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hanson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:07 AM
> Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
>
>
>> Martin:
>>
>> Since epstopdf is available for the same three platforms as Stata
>> (i.e., Mac, Unix, Windows), perhaps a few examples showing how
>> you "talk to it from inside Stata" would be of general interest.
>> Indeed, without stepping on the feet of the Stata Journal
>> editors, I think this would be a good topic for a Stata Tip in an
>> upcoming issue of the SJ.
>>
>> -- Mike
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
>>
>>> Well, epstopdf is free as well and I know how to talk to it from
>>> inside Stata. In contrast to ps2pdf, there are no white margins
>>> to take care of...
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Martin
>>> _______________________
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Lackie"
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
>>>
>>>
>>>> Any Mac can "print to PDF" and there are a number of options for
>>>> getting a PC to print to PDF. One reliable free version is
>>>> "PDFCreator"
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 3:20:01 PM GMT -06:00 US/
>>>> Canada Central
>>>> Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
>>>>
>>>> "Export the Stata graphs as PDF format. (A feature only available
>>>> in the Mac version, I believe.)"
>>>>
>>>> In Windows, -gr export- as .eps and use !epstopdf from your MikTeX
>>>> distribution. Not much more effort than on the MAC...
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Martin
>>>> _______________________
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hanson"
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:13 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: st: Video from multiple graph exports
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dan:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have done something like this for several presentations --
>>>>> although I
>>>>> typically prefer to use a remote to step through the "movie
>>>>> frames"
>>>>> rather than automate the transitions. That way I can stop and
>>>>> comment on
>>>>> certain slides (the audience sees it as "freezing" the
>>>>> animation), or go
>>>>> back to a specific slide to answer questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> The caveat, given the details you have provided in your
>>>>> message: my
>>>>> process requires a Macintosh. Specifically, it requires use of
>>>>> Keynote,
>>>>> Apple's presentation software available only for Mac OS X.
>>>>>
>>>>> Briefly, in three steps (though I am happy to provide details if
>>>>> requested):
>>>>> 1. Export the Stata graphs as PDF format. (A feature only
>>>>> available in
>>>>> the Mac version, I believe.)
>>>>> 2. Place PDFs of graphs into individual slides in Keynote.
>>>>> 3. Add automatic timed transitions and effects as needed. You
>>>>> can set
>>>>> transition times on a per-slide basis, as you inquired.
>>>>>
>>>>> This whole process is very easy with Keynote, as it provides fine
>>>>> controls for aligning the graphs and professional transitions
>>>>> between
>>>>> slides. Plus, since everything is done with PDF, you don't
>>>>> get those
>>>>> "jaggies" (i.e. pixelation) that often afflict graphics in
>>>>> PowerPoint.
>>>>> Additionally, with Keynote you can export your presentation to
>>>>> QuickTime
>>>>> (.mov) or Flash (.swf) formats as a self- running, cross-
>>>>> platform file if
>>>>> desired.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect one could use LaTeX-based presentation tools (beamer?
>>>>> powerdot?
>>>>> prosper?) to accomplish the same thing, albeit with (much)
>>>>> more effort.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Dan Weitzenfeld wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>> I'm considering making a movie using multiple Stata graphs,
>>>>>> exported.
>>>>>> E.g., for t=0,1,...n, graphing the data at each t, and then
>>>>>> using a
>>>>>> slide-show program to stack the graphs in time order, creating a
>>>>>> "movie" illustrating how the data changes over time.
>>>>>> My questions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Has anyone does this before, and if so, do you have
>>>>>> recommendations for the most flexible slide-show program?
>>>>>> Specifically, I'm wondering if there is a program that will
>>>>>> allow for
>>>>>> variable intervals between slides (e.g., t=0, 1.5, 2, 2.2,....)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Is there a way to overlay a Stata graph on top of a .jpg
>>>>>> file?
>>>>>> I've been doing this manually, using -spmap- to plot my
>>>>>> location-oriented data, exporting graphs as .emf/.wmf,
>>>>>> ungrouping the
>>>>>> result in PowerPoint and aligning the .jpg overlay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Am I trying to use Stata to do something it's not suited
>>>>>> for? I
>>>>>> know JMP can play movies from data, but I don't think the
>>>>>> movies can
>>>>>> be exported, and, well, I'm partial to Stata.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>> -Dan
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