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indox
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

 

I would like to open dynamically Excel files using DDE and Macro Variables.

This is my code :

 

FILENAME xlAppli DDE "Excel|System" ;
SYSTASK COMMAND "Start Excel" ; DATA _NULL_ ; CALL SLEEP(3,1) ; RUN ; %let region=bretagne; data _null_; file xlAppli; put '[error(false)]'; put '[open(""C:\Users\Desktop\&region..xls"")]'; run;

But it happens nothing.

 

Can someone help please?

 

Thank you.

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indox
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks I found the solution, I had to replace outer single quotes with double quotes :

SYSTASK COMMAND "Start Excel" ;
FILENAME xlAppli DDE "Excel|System" ;
DATA _NULL_ ;
     CALL SLEEP(3,1) ; 
RUN ;

%let region=bretagne;
data _null_;
file xlAppli;
put '[error(false)]';
put "[open(""C:\Users\Desktop\&region..xls"")]";
run;

Thanks!

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indox
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks I found the solution, I had to replace outer single quotes with double quotes :

SYSTASK COMMAND "Start Excel" ;
FILENAME xlAppli DDE "Excel|System" ;
DATA _NULL_ ;
     CALL SLEEP(3,1) ; 
RUN ;

%let region=bretagne;
data _null_;
file xlAppli;
put '[error(false)]';
put "[open(""C:\Users\Desktop\&region..xls"")]";
run;

Thanks!

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