Yeah sure, but whatever levels of interactivity the Windows Env Mode has, it is still a distinctly different mode compared to the other modes, unlike 'batch mode' vs 'non-interactive' mode where it is somewhat unclear in the offical SAS unix doc what the exact definitions of those two modes are, as even the doc itself is contradictory, not all chapters describe the modes the same way. But as I mentioned, the SAS guys responsible for the doc plan to update all in that regard, to make everything correct and consistent everywhere. I am really pleasantly surprised that they gave my arguments some thought and did not discard them right away.   ... View more

I got an email reminder about the topic, so I am posting one more time, hoping to be able to close this topic as solved soon. First off, Tom seems to be correct: sas -explorer only opens the Explorer Window. The doc about the system option https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lesysoptsref/p0j0940tlhsl4dn10hqox4jlno4c.htm is simply wrong. The program editor does not open, even though the system option doc claims it does. It must be a mistake. In another chapter, the doc says that only the explorer window opens, just like Tom said.   My final question is: Which windows open when I submit this command sas -noexplorer (and nothing else was changed, all options are set to the installation default values). The doc only states that SAS is invoked without the explorer window, which makes sense, but it does not provide the info which set of windows are actually opened. According to the doc of -dmsexp, dmsexp opens Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results window and it says that dmsexp is set as installation default. Does that mean that "sas -noexplorer" opens all these windows except for the explorer window?   Unfortunately I currently do not have the option to run SAS under Unix in the Window Envrionment Mode to test it myself, that's why I am asking.     ... View more