Re: question about Tools...Options

frisco · Posted 05-04-2010 10:44 AM

Hi, an End-user complained that an option changed (specifically, the "prompt before replacing results") since the last time she used EG. Any idea why this would happen? Strangely, she has customized the appearance of EG and that was NOT affected. Any help would be greatly appeciated.

RichardH_sas · Posted 05-04-2010 12:13 PM

Sounds odd. For EG 4.2, the options settings are in a file (EGOptions.xml) on her local Windows machine. If this file was modified or replaced, it would affect her option settings.

The window arrangement in EG isn't controlled through options (I think), so it wouldn't surprise me that it was unaffected.

frisco · Posted 05-04-2010 12:39 PM

sorry - forgot to mention that it is EG 4.1 that I am talking about.

ChrisHemedinger · Posted 05-05-2010 08:53 AM

This is stored in EGOptions.xml, which you control in Tools->Options. I don't know how the setting might have changed without using the Options dialog.

When you run an entire process flow, EG does not prompt you about replacing results, regardless of option settings. It affects only the single one-at-a-time approach to running tasks.

Chris

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frisco · Posted 05-05-2010 11:43 AM

Which folder is EGOptions stored in? I can't seem to find it.

ChrisHemedinger · Posted 05-07-2010 09:13 PM

It's in "%appdata%\SAS\Enterprise Guide\4" (%appdata% resolves to your Windows profile location).

Chris

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question about Tools...Options