Installing custom Stata ado-files

How do I install custom Stata ado-files?

Instructions for installing your own ado-files in Stata can be found in the Stata 11 documentation. To find the appropriate section of the manual, do the following:

  1. Launch an instance of RCE Powered Stata.

  2. Select Help–>PDF Documentation. Adobe Reader will open, displaying the combined subject table of contents.

  3. From the navigation bar on the left, expand “User’s Guide”, then click “Table of contents”.

  4. Select chapter 17, “Ado-files”. In particular, section 17.7, “How do I add my own ado-files?”, will be relevant. Section 17.7 shows the result of running the ‘sysdir’ command from within a Stata session. While the documentation shows this command being run on a Windows system, you will see different results in the RCE. Copy your ado-files to the PERSONAL directory, as shown in the output of the sysdir command.