Read page 2 of multiple rtf files

[mschorn]

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

[Reeza]

Try opening the file using the full path and X command to Word and then your DDE code. 

[error_prone]

I am just curious: Why do you use SAS to solve that problem?