How to use %window in SAS University Edition

[Crit_Viet]

Hi,

I'm using SAS University Edition to study. As guided in support.sas.com , I copied then run this code

data _null_;
   window start
          #9  @26 'WELCOME TO THE SAS SYSTEM'
                  color=black
          #12  @19 'THIS PROGRAM CREATES'
          #12  @40 'TWO SAS DATA SETS'
          #14 @26 'AND USES THREE PROCEDURES'
          #18 @27 'Press ENTER to continue';
    display start;
    stop;
run;

 then it comes up with this error message: "ERROR: The DATA STEP windowing environment cannot be initialized due to a XU supervisor failure". So, is it not available in SAS University Edition which was installed in virtual machine ?

[SASKiwi · Accepted solution]

%WINDOW is a legacy technology only available with a Foundation / Base SAS install on a PC. I believe there is an alternative way in SAS Studio / UE to enter options into your programs using HTML forms. I'll try to locate an example.

This link should help: http://support.sas.com/software/products/sas-studio/faq/windowsmacro.htm

User interfaces can be built in custom tasks. I'm assuming these will work in SAS UE. Has anyone tried it?

[Crit_Viet]

Many thanks with appreciation 🙂 I will learn to use task instead of %window to build UI

[Reeza]

There is a series of posts on here, called 'Tuesday Tasks' that demonstrate examples of custom tasks.