Re: st: Windows Environment Variable from the local system when running Stata via RemoteApp

[William Buchanan <william@williambuchanan.net>]

It may not fix things at all, or entirely, but if you're working on a Windows machine you should be using the "/" character in your file paths rather than "\".  The later is often interpreted as an escape character and could cause additional problems beyond which you are already experiencing.


On Apr 15, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Jean-François Morazzani <jf.morazzani@ecopa.com> wrote:

> Thanks Phil for your reply, but unfortunately it does not fix my issue.
> 
> The thing is that I want to use a "local/global" that will be set to some users' specific folder on their local machine. So everyone could copy the script on their machine and test/use the scripts without having to open it and modify the local path.
> 
> For example my script will do the following:
> 
> local ScriptsFolder "c:\Temp\Stata\"
> use "`ScriptsFolder'\data\SomeData.dta", clear
> do "`ScriptsFolder'\SomeScript.do"
> ...
> 
> The thing is that I cannot pass arguments to Stata has I'm using it through RemoteApp (therefore I'm calling Stata using a .rdp shortcut on my deskptop).
> 
> Thanks anyway.
> I guess I will have to find another solution, like replacing the value of the local ScriptsFolder manually or automatically via a custom script.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JFM
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] De la part de Phil Schumm
> Envoyé : samedi 13 avril 2013 00:35
> À : statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Objet : Re: st: Windows Environment Variable from the local system when running Stata via RemoteApp
> 
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Jean-François Morazzani wrote:
>> I'm using Stata/Mp on my machine via the RemoteApp feature from Windows, which means that Stata is in fact running on our server (and therefore using the Server's resources).
>> But I want to use the Environment Variables that I set on my Windows machine.
> 
> 
> You can certainly do this with ssh (i.e., send environment vars to the server, provided it is configured to support this), but unfortunately I don't know anything about Windows.  However, why not simply use a profile.do file on the server (see [GSW] C.3)?
> 
> 
> -- Phil
> 
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