[U] User's Guide

380 [ U ] 28 Using the Internet to keep up to dateStata tells you that your executable is up to date, but your ado-files need updating. Stata recommendsthat you update. If you go with the point-and-click alternative, at the bottom of the screen you willseeRecommendationupdate ado-fileswhere update ado-files is clickable.Anyway, what you are to do next is type update ado-files or click on update ado-files. Eitherway, you will see something like the following:. update ado-files> update ado(contacting http://www.stata.com)Ado-file update log1. verifying C:\Program Files\Stata11\ado\updates\ is writeable2. obtaining list of files to be updated3. downloading relevant files to temporary areadownloading filename.adodownloading filename.sthlp. . .downloading filename.ado4. examining files5. installing files6. setting last date updatedUpdates successfully installed.RecommendationType -help whatsnew- to learn about the new features> update executable(contacting http://www.stata.com)executable already up to dateThat is all there is to it, but do type help whatsnew to learn about the new features. (If you go thepoint-and-click path, click on whatsnew.)Here is what happens if you type update all and you are already up to date:. update all> update ado(contacting http://www.stata.com)ado-files already up to date> update executable(contacting http://www.stata.com)executable already up to date28.3.3 Frequently asked questions about updating the ado-files1. Could something go wrong and make my Stata become unusable?No. The updates are copied to a temporary place on your computer, Stata examines themto make sure they are complete before copying them to the official place. Thus either theupdates are installed or they are not.