https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/suppressing-application-start-in-sas-ods/m-p/1747#M780 Tools --&gt; Options --&gt; Preferences --&gt; Results TAB, then<BR /> <BR /> 1) DESELECT the choice "View results as they are generated" and <BR /> <BR /> 2)Click radio button for "Preferred web browser" instead of internal browser Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:59:39 GMT Cynthia_sas 2006-11-09T16:59:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/suppressing-application-start-in-sas-ods/m-p/1746#M779 Hello,<BR /> <BR /> when I execute the following code:<BR /> <BR /> ODS HTML FILE = 'P:\TEST.HTML';<BR /> PROC PRINT DATA=IN3 NOOBS;<BR /> TITLE;<BR /> VAR SUBJID GENDER DOB AGE LBDT VISIT_ID BUN2 CREA ALB C_G MDRD CAL_MDRD DIFF HT;<BR /> RUN;<BR /> ODS HTML CLOSE;<BR /> <BR /> SAS starts Internet Explorer automatically. If it is RTF output, then MS Word (etc etc). Is there anyway I can suppress the automatic opening of the destination file?<BR /> <BR /> Thank you.<BR /> <BR /> James Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:47:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/suppressing-application-start-in-sas-ods/m-p/1746#M779 deleted_user 2006-11-09T16:47:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/suppressing-application-start-in-sas-ods/m-p/1747#M780 Tools --&gt; Options --&gt; Preferences --&gt; Results TAB, then<BR /> <BR /> 1) DESELECT the choice "View results as they are generated" and <BR /> <BR /> 2)Click radio button for "Preferred web browser" instead of internal browser Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:59:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/suppressing-application-start-in-sas-ods/m-p/1747#M780 Cynthia_sas 2006-11-09T16:59:39Z