that helps, thanks. I can put a final line in my batch file that opens a viewer for the png graph.
I was hoping to find a way to do make it run in the Rgui (picky, I know.) My graph is clearer in the default graph device that pops up in the Rgui; it's blurry in the Windows viewer for png files. I should probably play around with the resolution in R's png device. Or maybe it's a function of the viewer I'm stuck using. Thanks. --Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:41:50 -0400 >From: Cedrick Johnson <cedr...@cedrickjohnson.com> >Subject: Re: [R] run R script automatically by double-clicking WinXP desktop >icon >To: cr...@binghamton.edu >Cc: r-help@r-project.org > >Here's something I use (in a batch file): > >Rterm --no-restore --file=EveningStartup.r > > >Change EveningStartup.r to your particular file. When you create the >shortcut, make sure to set the working directory to where your R script >is located. Then in your file, you could have the graphs write out to a >png file in a specified directory. > >hth >c > > > > >cr...@binghamton.edu wrote: >> I've written a simple script that does some surveillance analysis on daily >> counts of walk-in clinic visits, for our county health department. >> (Actually, Michael Hohle's surveillance package does all the work; I just >> customized it a little to work with the way our data are recorded.) The >> output consists of a graph and a little table. >> >> My colleague will run it once in a while, on continuously updated data. She >> knows nothing about R, at least not yet. I want to make it as simple as >> possible. Rather than have her open R and type source("filename"), I want to >> be able to put an icon on her WinXP desktop, so that when she double-clicks >> it, R will open, run the script, and up pops the graph. >> >> I've been trying to learn about R CMD BATCH, playing with the dialogue boxes >> for WinXP desktop shortcuts, etc, but no luck so far. I guess I don't know >> enough about Windows. >> >> Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks. >> >> --Chris Ryan >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.