Hi, Thanks for the response. I have found a command that can perform this. TASKKILL is an executable available on windows and has a lot of parameters to filter processes to kill. Albert ... View more

Problem is solved by changing security settings IE: Security: "Initialize and script ActiveX control not marked as safe" was disabled and must be enabled. ... View more

Hi: Yes, you're right, it should be H=. Thanks for posting that! Glad you got it working in spite of my incorrect code! cynthia ... View more

Such an automatic variable might be useful, but it needs further refinement. What happens when there's more than one input data set in a data step? What happens when there's a double-DOW loop that reads the same input data set twice? What happens when POINT= or INDEX= is used? The ability to use %IF in open code would be really, really helpful. I think I saw an example, once of a case where allowing it would cause something bad to happen, but it was sufficiently obscure that I can't remember what it was. ... View more