Date:         Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:23:59 -0700
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Subject:      Re: Customizing Display Manager appearance on startup
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On 21 sep, 12:02, John Uebersax <jsueber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> Whenever I open the SAS 9.1 Display Manager (running Windowws XP
> Professional), several extra steps are needed to arrange the windows
> before starting to program.  One issue is that the DM always opens in
> a small window, so that I have to click the 'maximize window' icon --
> and there are various other similar set-up tasks.
>
> Can anyone suggest ways to change the default opening appearance of DM
> in the ways listed below?  Either with option settings or commands in
> the autoexec.sas file?
>
> Here's what I'd like to do:
>
> 1. Close the Results panel (which opens on left of screen)
> 2. Close the Explorer panel (which appears on left of screen when I
> close the Results panel)

1 and 2: Use "Tools", "Options", "Preferences" and check the "Save
settins on exit" box (General tab). The Resuls panel and the Explorer
panel will be as you left them.

> 3. Maximize the SAS Display Manager window in Windows

Windows (always?) uses the last setting for window size of a program.

> 4. Maximize the editor window within the SAS Display manager

If the editor window was maximized last time you used SAS, it should
be maximized the next time too. Here's another solution that will
work.

"C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\sas.exe" -initstmt 'dm editor "zoom on"
wedit continue; '

Good luck,
John Hendrickx

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> John Uebersax
> Brussels