Our company's engineering department developed a python script API to be used by clients.  Our department has be asked to verify the results.  There is a wide range of input possibilities so we would like to use SAS to create the formatted file of input and parse the output file for analyses.  We are running SAS 9.4.  I am trying the x command, and the python window flashes and an output file is created but is empty.  I am left with a Windows open box with c:\users\ajohnson open.  I have run the input file through a Windows bat command file and interactive python and the file is created and populated.  below are the x command and input py file.   x 'START /WAIT "C:\Python27\python.exe" "R:\API tests\temp_new.py" > "R:\API tests\temp_out_new2.txt" ';   Any suggestions of how to get the python script to show any error messages?  How do I get the output file with results?  Do I need to change "print results" to another python command?  How do I get the addditonal open box closed so I can run the SAS code in batch?     Check this - View solution in original post Hope this will help you. ... View more

@AllenJ  - Hmm - not sure where you are going with this question. I do a lot of documentation for the SAS applications where I work. This can range from a simple list of instructions on how to do a particular task up to epic-scale docs that explain how a set of business rules, including interpretation, were implemented. The purposes for SAS documentation can be many and varied so it is not a case of one size fits all. ... View more

Thanks, looks like this may answer my question. Allen. ... View more