Re: st: How to -graph export- without displaying the graph?

[Jakob Petersen <jpeterb@essex.ac.uk>]

Robert,
You could use the nodraw option when creating the graphs.
Jakob

On 16/04/2012 15:11, Steve Nakoneshny wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> This is just a stab in the dark, but couldn't you prefix your -graph- command with -quietly- to visually suppress the output?
>
> Steve
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> On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:35 AM, "Grant, Robert"<Robert.Grant@sgul.kingston.ac.uk>  wrote:
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> > Hi Statalisters
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> > I am producing a large sequence of graphs within a loop, each of which I want to export as a standard image format like .tif ; for this application I am not interested in the .gph file.
> >
> > Is there any way of getting the .tif files without having to display each graph in turn (which slows things down)? It seems that -graph export- needs the image to be displayed.
> >
> > PS credit where credit is due: this question was previously posted (http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2005-08/msg00875.html) by Daniel Egan
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Kind regards,
Jakob


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