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hello i am a novice in SAS and i am having problems creating a Menu in SAS. i cant access  any of my files in the path,

 

the files are being read but cannot be open once clicked on

 

 

here is the code;

libname TestMenu " \\ctstudent2\studentusers\100407385\Desktop\test";

data mru;

infile datalines dlm=',';

input recent_fullname $ :char32. recent_alias $ :char32.;

datalines;

\Desktop\test\1.plt

\Desktop\test\2.plt

\Desktop\test\3.plt

\Desktop\test\4.plt\

 

run;

proc sql noprint;

select min(count(*),10) format=1. into :mru_item_count

from mru;

%put NOTE: Found &mru_item_count. items.;

* Build a name-value paired list of macro variables;

select distinct recent_fullname, recent_alias

into: mru_recent_fullname1-:mru_recent_fullname&mru_item_count,

: mru_recent_alias1-:mru_recent_alias&mru_item_count.

from mru;

* Debug;

%put _user_;

quit;

%macro build_mru;

menu file;

%do i = 1 %to &mru_item_count.;

item "&&mru_recent_alias&i." selection=cmd&i. ;

%end;

%do i = 1 %to &mru_item_count.;

selection cmd&i. "wpgm;fileopen ""&p.\&&f&i""";

%end;

%mend build_mru;

options mprint;

proc pmenu cat=TestMenu.menus;

menu main;

item 'File' menu=file mnemonic='F';

%build_mru

run;

quit;

data _null_;

window testwindow menu=TestMenu.menus.main

#2 @10 'Hello i hope this PMENU works ';

display testwindow;

run;

 

 

 

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ballardw
Super User

You may need to show contents of your MRU data set so we can see the actual commands built.

 

Anything involving external files I always look into relative vs complete paths as a likely culprit. When defined as relative, not from the root of a drive, then that is a common problem with "not found" and such.

 

Do you get any messages in the log?

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