I sincerely apologize for indicating a non-reproducable difference in
behavior in Stata between two executables and calling one of them a bug. I
took the problem description from memory because I could not find the
original e-mail exchanges with Stata tech support on the matter. I have now
recovered the original exchange and it turns out that the original problem
involved seemingly different behavior in printing the graphs and in
translating them to a Windows clipboard format. However, Alan's explanation
adds a nuance to the one I originally got, invalidating my original test
procedure.
But it would still be nice to be able to display a (single) saved graph in
the graph window applying the size stored with the graph: -graph using x,
displayassaved- or something like that.
--H�kon
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 14. oktober 2002 20:24
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Re: graph size
>
>
> Hakon Finne ([email protected]) wrote
> > -graph using x.gph- does not display the graph with the aspect ratio
> > (xsize() ysize()) with which the x.gph file was produced,
> but with the 6x4
> > default size of Stata. I am using Intercooled Stata 7 for
> Windows born 11
> > Jun 2002. This bug has entered after the initial release of Stata 7.
> > However, running the initial release on graphs produced
> with more recent
> > releases produces an error message to the effect that the
> graph format has
> > changed and a newer version of Stata is required to display
> the graph.
>
> I tested going back to the first executable for Stata 7, born
> 15 Dec 2000,
> and the behavior of -graph using- is the same as it is now.
>
> The reason for the behavior is that -graph using- must initialize
> a graphics context inside Stata and create the Graph window before
> the graph is actually read in. This, to Stata, -graph using-
> is just another -graph- command, and the initialization call
> which sets the size of the Graph window is made before the .gph
> file is read.
>
> It could be argued that -graph using- should be 'smart' and look ahead
> at the graph it is about to read in to find the size in it. However,
> it is unclear what should happen if multiple graphs are specified
> with -graph using-.
>
> The size for -graph using-, like all other -graph- commands, must
> currently be set either with the -xsize()- and -ysize()- options
> on the -graph- command. If these options are not specified,
> the default size in the Graph preferences will be used.
>
>
> --Alan
> ([email protected])
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