Re: st: end of do-file notify

[Dan Blanchette <dan_blanchette@unc.edu>]

Pablo,

I came up with this idea.

Save this code as beep_me.ado and put it in your ado\plus\b directory:

program beep_me
version 9
args n_beeps

if missing("`n_beeps'") {
  local n_beeps= 3
}
forvalues n= 1/`n_beeps' {
  beep
  sleep 1000
}
shell pause

end

Then run your code inside -capture noisily- and follow it with -beep_me- like so:

capture noisily {
  sysuse auto, clear
  describe
  tab turn
  su
}
beep_me

By default -beep_me- will beep 3 times with a second between beeps unless
you specify how many beeps you want:

. beep_me 10

At the end -beep_me- will have a Windows shell window pop-up with the message:
 Press any key to continue . . .

So, when you see that window you have to remember that it was caused by -beep_me-
and your do-file is done or stopped due to an error.

Dan Blanchette

Research Programming Services
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
Dan_Blanchette@unc.edu




> From 	  Carsten Sauer <carsten.sauer@uni-bielefeld.de>
> To 	  statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject 	  Re: st: end of do-file notify
> Date 	  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:23:39 +0200
>
> Hi Pablo,
> you could use the -beep- command at the end of your do-file:
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> reg weight length foreign
> beep
>
> Best, Carsten
>
>
> Am 17.08.2012 18:47, schrieb Pablo Bonilla:
>
>     Dear stata list,
>
>     Some times when I am running a do-file I don't know how to make it
>     notify me that it already finished running the do-file or it found an
>     error on it. I usually go to excel or internet while Stata is running
>     and some times the window bar at the bottom of the screen blinks and
>     some times it does not. I have tried minimizing Stata but it does not
>     work always.
>
>     Is there a way to know when Stata finished and therefor don't waste to
>     much time??
>
>     Thanks

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