topic Re: Can I see contents of SAS programs in Windows Preview Pane? in SAS Procedures

Can I see contents of SAS programs in Windows Preview Pane?

Haris — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:39:29 GMT

SAS program document *.sas is an unformatted text document much like any other *.txt document. If I change the file extension from *.sas to *.txt the contents of my SAS programs show up in the Preview Pane of the Windows File Explorer. Is there a way to get them to show up without changing the file extension? Would be very useful for quick preview without having to open the programs.

Thanks,

Haris

Re: Can I see contents of SAS programs in Windows Preview Pane?

ballardw — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:47:24 GMT

This link has a couple of approaches:

Windows 7 - Preview other file types as text in Preview Pane - Super User

basically either edit the Windows registry or use a program called PreviewConfig from http://www.winhelponline.com/utils/previewconfig.zip

Re: Can I see contents of SAS programs in Windows Preview Pane?

Haris — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 20:22:44 GMT

Awesome. Thanks.