Hi,
I'm trying to read the first 2 pages of multiple rtf files and put them into 1 document. Everything I have found says I need to use dde.
I tried the following program (I've simplified it as much as possible).
%macro s;
%LET RC=%SYSFUNC(SYSTEM(START WINWORD));
FILENAME WORD_F DDE 'WINWORD|SYSTEM';
DATA _NULL_;
X=SLEEP(15);
RUN;
DATA _NULL_;
FILE WORD_F;
PUT '[FILEOPEN .NAME = "D:\tmp\tmp.rtf"]';
PUT '[FILECLOSEALL]';
PUT '[FILEEXIT]';
RUN;
%mend;
%s;
This is as simple as I could get it yet I am still getting this error:
NOTE: The file WORD_F is:
DDE Session,
SESSION=WINWORD|SYSTEM,RECFM=V,LRECL=32767
ERROR: DDE session not ready.
FATAL: Unrecoverable I/O error detected in the execution of the DATA step
program. Aborted during the EXECUTION phase.
Any ideas on what is causing this error or is there a better way than dde?
Thanks,
Marie
Try opening the file using the full path and X command to Word and then your DDE code.
I am just curious: Why do you use SAS to solve that problem?
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