topic Re: disabling the output window on startup? in SAS Programming

disabling the output window on startup?

gusfryk01 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:43:52 GMT

I would like to do what it says in the title of this thread but can´t find a way to do it. Any solutions?

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

Amir — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:14:20 GMT

Hi,

How about the following:

7298 - How to close the Output window by using a display manager (dm) command

Regards,

Amir.

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

gusfryk01 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:05:59 GMT

Thank you Amir, that works great for removing the output window but unfortunately not permanently, When I start SAS again after closing the output window comes back again.

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

Peter_C — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:25:05 GMT

Add the statement

Dm 'listing off';

to an autoexec.sas file in the folder where you start SAS

Then your sas sessiin will start without that output window

Good luck

peterC

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

gusfryk01 — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:49:11 GMT

Thank you Peter!

This would have solved my problem completely if it wasn´t for one tiny detail. When I open SAS by clicking on a SAS-file the output window appears like before.

Otherwise it is gone like you said it would be. I created a file named autoexec.sas (that file didn´t previously exist) in my "current folder" and pasted the code you provided.

Thanks again!

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

Peter_C — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:49:46 GMT

The issue is that your SAS session does not "start in" the folder of the sas program you double-click but (iirc) in the windows\system32 folder.

Verify this by examining the status bar (very bottom of sas window) when you open a program with double-click.

If you wish to continue working this (diuble-click) way there are few options available.

place a copy of your autoexec.sas in that windows\system32 folder

Or 2

Create a windows environment variable called sas_options holding value

-initcmd "listing off"

Or 3

Update the installed SAS config file by adding (near the top)

-initcmd "listing off"

(backup that file before changing it)

Since I spend most of my time on SAS programming I always have a SAS session open. To review another program I just drag it to SAS, so I don't need these methods.

Good luck

peter

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

RichardinOz — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:27:39 GMT

I can't validate this at present but if you have some control over your desktop (its not completely locked down) go th Control Panel - Default Programs and find the entry for .sas files. It should specify sas.exe with some additinal parameters. You can add -initcmd "listing off" to the parameters after sas.exe

Richard.

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

gusfryk01 — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:56:34 GMT

Thanks a lot! I tried what I thought would be the easiest solution and added the autoexec-file to my system32 folder and it worked!

Re: disabling the output window on startup?

Peter_C — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:04:52 GMT

Adding a sasv9.cfg file to that folder allows you to add "invocation-only" options