On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:06:51 -0400, Pat Moore <pat.moore@UAA.ALASKA.EDU> wrote:

>I have a program that creates a large rtf file with embedded formatting. >I use ods to export the file to my hard drive as an .rtf file. Is there a >command in SAS to start Word with the resulting file opened? Is there a >command to close Word so I don't get the "No destinations active" message >because I forgot to close Word before running an update of the code? > >The work sequence would go like this: > >1. modify the code to do something different. >2. run the program >3. at the end of the run, SAS would run Word with the .rtf file displayed. >4. maybe move through the file some in Word. >5. change the code in SAS, and rerun it. >6. the first step in the SAS program would check to see if Word was still >open, and if so, close it. Since it will be overwriting the first >version, it's not necessary to save it. > >It would be nice to do the same with Excel and Access. > >Any ideas? > >Pat Moore

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:06:51 -0400, Pat Moore <pat.moore@UAA.ALASKA.EDU> wrote:

>I have a program that creates a large rtf file with embedded formatting. >I use ods to export the file to my hard drive as an .rtf file. Is there a >command in SAS to start Word with the resulting file opened? Is there a >command to close Word so I don't get the "No destinations active" message >because I forgot to close Word before running an update of the code? > >The work sequence would go like this: > >1. modify the code to do something different. >2. run the program >3. at the end of the run, SAS would run Word with the .rtf file displayed. >4. maybe move through the file some in Word. >5. change the code in SAS, and rerun it. >6. the first step in the SAS program would check to see if Word was still >open, and if so, close it. Since it will be overwriting the first >version, it's not necessary to save it. > >It would be nice to do the same with Excel and Access. > >Any ideas? > >Pat Moore

after setting options noxwait noxsync; try issuing command x start winword yourfile.rtf

as a thinner layer surfaces faser, for .rtf files you might find wordpad as good as winword, but quicker

Good Luck Peter Crawford