topic Re: Clear log, clear output, close all viewtables and then submit the script in one key in SAS Programming

Clear log, clear output, close all viewtables and then submit the script in one key

skcussas — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:11:42 GMT

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to clear log, clear output, close all viewtable and run the script in one key (dmkey)?

I currently define my F3 as

clear log; clear output; submit;

which is not able to close all viewtables.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Clear log, clear output, close all viewtables and then submit the script in one key

ballardw — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:55:23 GMT

The VT window has it's own KEYS entry so I don't think you are going to be able to submit commands to the VT window from the main Keys that are not related to the initial opening of the VT window.

Re: Clear log, clear output, close all viewtables and then submit the script in one key

Tom — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:03:21 GMT

You could just hard code a number of them.

clear log; clear output; next viewtable; end; next viewtable; end; pgm ; submit;

You might have to experiment with a command macro to see if you could get it to figure how many need to close. Also might need to change the PGM command if you are using PC-SAS and the Enhanced (sic) Editor.

Re: Clear log, clear output, close all viewtables and then submit the script in one key

ballardw — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:44:39 GMT

@Tom wrote:

You could just hard code a number of them.
clear log; clear output; next viewtable; end; next viewtable; end; pgm ; submit;
You might have to experiment with a command macro to see if you could get it to figure how many need to close. Also might need to change the PGM command if you are using PC-SAS and the Enhanced (sic) Editor.

I needed to use

log; clear; output; clear; next viewtable; end;

to clear the log and output. And yes WPGM instead of PGM for enhanced editor.