topic Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window? in SAS Programming

Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

FriendJen — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:44:16 GMT

So I'm using this code to put my SAS window where I want it in the size I want

options awsdef= 0 7 100 93;

My question is, is there a similar command/code I can use to do any of the following:

-close the output window

-change the size of the docked file explorer

-tile my windows vertically (like when you go to Window > Tile Vertically )

Thank you for any help!

Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

ballardw — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:29:54 GMT

Which operating system and SAS version are you using. I might guess that you are using the Display Manager but if you are using SAS Studio or Enterprise Guide then things start differing quickly.

Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

FriendJen — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:22:25 GMT

I'm using SAS 9.4 on Windows.

Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

ballardw — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:31:55 GMT

The commands that address appearance in the Display Manager start with dm.

I think you may want

For window specific commands the first parameter would be the name of the window. Additional commands are separated by ;

dm 'output; winclose';

will close the output window.

dm 'output';

will open the output window.

Tiling

dm 'tile';

dm 'resize';

to undo the tile. I don't find an option for the difference between vertical and horizontal though.

Reference the DM statement in the online help.

The dmsexp command makes the explorer active but I don't find any syntax to size it.

dm 'dmsexp';

have fun experimenting, maybe you'll find something. I have found some things in SCL commands that work with some windows.

If you want the setting of windows location to be a specific location manually resize all the windows. Then go to each of the open windows and issue a WSAVE command. You would likely want to change the preference setting at Tools>options>preferences>general and uncheck "Save settings on exit" as that seems to save the appearance at shutdown.

Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:36:44 GMT

Documentation found here: DM Statement

Re: Are there commands/code to customize my SAS window?

FreelanceReinh — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:56:02 GMT

@Kurt_Bremser wrote:

Documentation found here: DM Statement

When it comes to SAS commands, the built-in help files (of SAS 9.4M5 under Windows in my case) are more comprehensive than the online documentation: Under "SAS Command Reference" they list 149 commands, whereas the OS-specific list "SAS Commands under Windows," which the online documentation of the DM statement refers to, comprises only 78 entries. The TILES command mentioned by ballardw is one example contained in the former 149, but not in the latter 78.