Nodraw option and .png - can I have both?

[Brent Anderson]

I would like to suppress pop-ups when I draw graphs. I hear the nodraw option can do this. I would also like to save in .png but here's the rub: nodraw only works with option saving(filename). This defaults to gph. If I try saving(filename.png), the file is corrupted. Same with anything other than .gph. So it appears I can either use nodraw and deal with .gph down the road. Or deal with the pop-ups now and use gr export (filename.png). I like gr export except that I can't seem to use it with nodraw. But the goal is to be able to employ nodraw AND png. Is this possible? Thanks!

[Clyde Schechter]

Well, maybe somebody else will come up with a way to do precisely what you're asking for. The closest thing I can think of is to cover up the Graph window. You will see the Graph window show up briefly, but then the Results window will come forward and obscure it.

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[Adrien Bouguen]

Hi,

Did you find another solution to this problem? It is annoying when generating many graphs to have to stop working because you get pop-up window... That would deserve a fix in my view

[Scott Merryman]

You can run Stata in batch mode in the background. If you a do-file (in this case batch.do) that generates the graphs and exports them, then in Windows from the command prompt you could:

C:\Users\scott\Desktop\temp>"C:\Program Files\Stata16\StataMP-64.exe" /e do "C:\Users\scott\Desktop\temp\batch"

See: https://www.stata.com/manuals/gswb.pdf