Hi,
I am using Stata 8.2 under Windows XP. I want to have a .dofile call an
external program, wait for it to finish, and continue. The problem is
this: if I call the external program using -winexec-, it takes about 15
seconds to run. If I call it using -shell-, it takes at least several
minutes. If I call it using -winexec-, and follow it in the dofile with
code like this:
capture confirm file `l_DummyOutputFileFullName'
while _rc != 0 {
sleep 10000
capture confirm file `l_DummyOutputFileFullName'
}
It again takes at least several minutes.
In the case of the -shell- call and the -while-, -sleep- construct,
wsestata.exe is still taking 90+% of CPU (according to Windows task
manager).
Can anybody suggest a solution?
Thanks,
Alex
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