topic Re: .SAS files in SAS Programming

.SAS files

Wafflecakes — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:15:05 GMT

SAS Community,

How would you open a .sas file in another program like notepad or Microsoft word? Is it possible to do this on a apple computer? I can't seem to open it.

Re: .SAS files

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:26:30 GMT

Just use File-Open, as always. .sas files are pure text, any text editing tool can handle them. What is your problem?

Advice on using notepad++ for SAS programs can be found here: https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-setup-notepad-as-SAS-text-editor/td-p/151441

Re: .SAS files

Wafflecakes — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:29:48 GMT

The shortcut on the desktop appears as a white piece of paper. I dont have any SAS programs on my computer.

Re: .SAS files

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:32:05 GMT

If you neither have EG or Base SAS installed on your computer, use the standard way to associate a type of files with a program.

The link I gave you in the previous post describes this.

Re: .SAS files

Wafflecakes — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:41:26 GMT

I reviewed the document that you sent Kurt - does this apply to mac/apple computers as well? Looks like it only applies to windows

Re: .SAS files

ChrisBrooks — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:52:08 GMT

I believe Notepad++ is Windows only - on a Mac you can use the built-in TextEdit program or any other text editor

Re: .SAS files

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:39:17 GMT

@Wafflecakes wrote:
I reviewed the document that you sent Kurt - does this apply to mac/apple computers as well? Looks like it only applies to windows

How to associate filetypes with apps on OSX can be found here, for example.