topic Problem with large linked program nodes in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197736#M14919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a fairly large sas program (1500 lines or so) linked in EG.&nbsp; Whenever I'm editing the program near the end, EG freezes for 4-5 seconds after every character edit.&nbsp; Just typing in the program is almost impossible.&nbsp; Any suggestions on what may be causing this?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:44:01 GMT DBailey 2015-08-12T15:44:01Z Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197736#M14919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a fairly large sas program (1500 lines or so) linked in EG.&nbsp; Whenever I'm editing the program near the end, EG freezes for 4-5 seconds after every character edit.&nbsp; Just typing in the program is almost impossible.&nbsp; Any suggestions on what may be causing this?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:44:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197736#M14919 DBailey 2015-08-12T15:44:01Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197737#M14920 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Cause, no, though I suspect there may be validation going on in the background.</P><P></P><P>Possible work-around (at least if you have an idea what you want to add): Use another editor to type and then copy paste into the EG editor.</P><P></P><P>I would recommend <STRONG>not</STRONG> using a word processor or fancy text editor but something plain like Notepad or an actually programming editor.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:07:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197737#M14920 ballardw 2015-08-12T19:07:57Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197738#M14921 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try turning off Autocomplete in Program options. What version of EG are you using?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:34:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197738#M14921 SASKiwi 2015-08-12T19:34:37Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197739#M14922 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>7.1</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:36:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197739#M14922 DBailey 2015-08-12T19:36:12Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197740#M14923 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm using 7.11 with Autocomplete off and have some fairly large programs, several thousand lines in some cases, and I don't experience your problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 04:28:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197740#M14923 SASKiwi 2015-08-13T04:28:54Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197741#M14924 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>looks like autocomplete was the culprit.&nbsp; Still sometimes slow, but it doesn't hang like it was.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:13:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197741#M14924 DBailey 2015-08-13T13:13:12Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197742#M14925 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />We are aware of certain scenarios in which the editor slows down when the Autocomplete feature is on and you are working with large programs.&nbsp; The scenarios we are aware of were improved in 7.11.</P><P></P><P>Here is the related SAS Note:</P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/54/754.html" title="http://support.sas.com/kb/54/754.html">54754 - In SAS® Enterprise Guide®, the Enhanced Editor might respond very slowly when the autocompletion feature is enabled</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:20:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197742#M14925 CaseySmith 2015-08-13T14:20:30Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197743#M14926 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Actually I did experience your problem in earlier versions of EG, hence the reason I leave Autocomplete off.</P><P></P><P>If its an issue for you, consider upgrading to 7.11. Then you can use the new WHERE command in the table viewer, my favourite new feature.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:08:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197743#M14926 SASKiwi 2015-08-13T20:08:01Z Re: Problem with large linked program nodes https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197744#M14927 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I usually leave things like autocomplete off. A computer trying to be more intelligent than me is just annoying most of the time.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:16:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problem-with-large-linked-program-nodes/m-p/197744#M14927 Kurt_Bremser 2015-08-14T08:16:45Z