https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Open-an-output-xlsx-file/m-p/854761#M337828 <P>In most setups, this won't work, as SAS itself will run on a server and not your desktop.</P> <P>You could only make it work in a purely local SAS installation, where you can also create a configuration which allows external commands.</P> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:27:30 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2023-01-20T08:27:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Open-an-output-xlsx-file/m-p/854717#M337814 <P>I need some code that will open a file produced by a SAS job.&nbsp; X-command will not work due to permissions issues (I guess).&nbsp; A lot of functions will "open" a file's data in SAS memory, but I need it to open the excel application in it.&nbsp; Any help would be appreciated.</P> Thu, 19 Jan 2023 23:53:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Open-an-output-xlsx-file/m-p/854717#M337814 ender111 2023-01-19T23:53:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Open-an-output-xlsx-file/m-p/854761#M337828 <P>In most setups, this won't work, as SAS itself will run on a server and not your desktop.</P> <P>You could only make it work in a purely local SAS installation, where you can also create a configuration which allows external commands.</P> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:27:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Open-an-output-xlsx-file/m-p/854761#M337828 Kurt_Bremser 2023-01-20T08:27:30Z