Re: st: Testing & modifying ado file without reloading data set

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

ado file remain in memory

use the -discard- command to eliminate them from memory

Rich

b. water wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> Stata 8.2 Windows XP Pro SP2,
>
> This is my first stab at testing and modifying an ado file. I have the 
> ado file opened and do my modifications on MS Notepad and saved (File -> 
> Save on Notepad) on c:\ado. I have Stata opened too, with data loaded to 
> test the ado file. I typed the the name of the ado file to invoke it. It 
> went well. There is a small snag.
>
> When I made any changes on the Notepad and saved the changes, if I 
> merely retyped the ado file, it executes the ado without reflecting the 
> changes that I have made (as if no changes has been made). However, if I 
> -clear-, reload the data set and execute the ado file again (with the 
> changes), it is now executed to reflect the changes.
>
> Is this supposed to be the way it is or am I missing a command to be 
> included in the ado file? I have used -capture program drop- top of the 
> line but including this or not, did not seem to make a difference. I 
> browsed [U] Chp. 21 and [P] Index to see whether there is a guide on 
> this but could not find any. I tried to search Stata and Google with the 
> above subject as search terms but again no luck. Help and advice would 
> be appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> bw

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