https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Invoking-Excel-from-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/771#M217 By default "XCMD" is disabled in SAS sessions launched via EG or other clients. To change this behavior, you need to specify -allowxcmd on the SAS command line in the Windows registry or the SAS command line that is specified to the SAS object spawner. <BR /> <BR /> I'd advise contacting tech support for advice and exact steps, as allowing XCMD on a server should be done with caution.<BR /> <BR /> Chris Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:26:39 GMT ChrisHemedinger 2006-06-02T17:26:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Invoking-Excel-from-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/770#M216 The SAS Workspace Server invoked by EG is started with the -noxcmd option and therefore we cannot start excel from within EG. How can we change the option to -xcmd?<BR /> <BR /> The server we are executing on is the Local server but as defined when connecting to a metadata repository and NOT the local EG repository. Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:37:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Invoking-Excel-from-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/770#M216 deleted_user 2006-06-02T11:37:03Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Invoking-Excel-from-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/771#M217 By default "XCMD" is disabled in SAS sessions launched via EG or other clients. To change this behavior, you need to specify -allowxcmd on the SAS command line in the Windows registry or the SAS command line that is specified to the SAS object spawner. <BR /> <BR /> I'd advise contacting tech support for advice and exact steps, as allowing XCMD on a server should be done with caution.<BR /> <BR /> Chris Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:26:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Invoking-Excel-from-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/771#M217 ChrisHemedinger 2006-06-02T17:26:39Z