topic Re: DM to open another code file and reshape the window in SAS Programming

DM to open another code file and reshape the window

braam — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:40:23 GMT

I open another (existing) code file using the first Enhanced Editor:

dm whostedit 'include ".\FOLDER1\FILE1.sas"';

Now, two enhanced editors are open. I wanted to reshape the second enhanced editor (i.e., FILE1.sas), so I run the below code in the second editor.

DM 'wdef 1 122 100 120';

The process of reshaping works well as expected. But it automatically puts the first editor ahead of the second editor even though I run the code in the second editor. Put differently I expected to stay with the second editor having prompt on the second editor. Can I fix this issue? Then I can keep coding in the second editor after executing the DM statement. I hope my explanation is clear.

Re: DM to open another code file and reshape the window

FreelanceReinh — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:16:21 GMT

Hi @braam,

Try the CONTINUE option:

dm 'wdef 1 122 100 120' continue;

Re: DM to open another code file and reshape the window

Tom — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:13:00 GMT

This works when running on Windows.

* Make a text file to have something to test with ;
data _null_;
  file 'c:\downloads\test1.sas';
  put '*test program;' ;
run;

dm whostedit "include 'c:\downloads\test1.sas';wdef 1 122 100 120;next" ;

Not sure if it works if you are using Display Manager on Unix, but then you cannot open two program editors on Unix anyway.