topic Re: Disable confirmation pop-up in SAS Programming

Disable confirmation pop-up

emilezola — Thu, 16 May 2019 08:41:26 GMT

Hello,

So my SAS happens to be installed on a VM and for that reason, I work with sublime text to edit my code in my SAS projects. So, everytime I save changes in my code from sublime text I have to go through a pop-up window in SAS telling me that the file has been modified outside the editor and asking me if I want to reload it. Is there a way to disable this pop-up and make it so it reloads automatically? I searched everywhere and I found no solutions (SAS Entreprise Guide 7.1).

Thanks

Re: Disable confirmation pop-up

gamotte — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:22:28 GMT

Hello,

Instead of opening your file in SEG, you could execute a single include instruction

%include "/path/to/my/program.sas";

Re: Disable confirmation pop-up

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:30:07 GMT

This message is an alert message for something considered extraordinary, and not configurable.

What are the capabilities that the external editor gives you, and which cannot be found in the built-in Enhanced Editor? Maybe you should add a SAS Software Ballot idea for these.

Re: Disable confirmation pop-up

emilezola — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:34:36 GMT

Well the VM is running quite slow so it's just a lot more practical for me to use another editor outside the VM. Plus, I find Sublime better overall.

Re: Disable confirmation pop-up

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:51:08 GMT

Kick those who are responsible for the VM in the ass to make it performant. If they can't, they should scrap the VM idea and install EG on your local desktop.

Unless your local desktop is non-Windows, of course.

While VM's are great for creating dynamic server environments, they're usually utter crap for desktops. The only time that really worked was back when we had thin workstations with X-Windows and light-weight desktop software. With today's Windows-influenced bloatware, virtual desktops would need a change to the speed of light to really work satisfyingly.

But I digress here; you might also want to add a Software Ballot idea for making this pop-up configurable. Since the next EG version is just in the making, they might consider this, but there's no guarantee.

Re: Disable confirmation pop-up

emilezola — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:55:57 GMT

Alright then, thanks for the answers !