Date:         Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:27:47 +0100
Reply-To:     Andre Wielki <wielki@INED.FR>
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From:         Andre Wielki <wielki@INED.FR>
Subject:      Re: Preview Window automatically opens ODS HTML
Comments: To: Steven Raimi <sraimi@MARKETINGASSOCIATES.COM>
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Steven Raimi a écrit :
> I'm using ods html body=fully-specified-file.xls to create an Excel
> spreadsheet from a (middle) portion of a long job (it's running
> interactively under Windows).  When the code hits the ods html close
> statement, the interactive environment automatically asks if I want to
> Open, Save, or Cancel.  Even if I hit "Cancel", a "Preview Window" opens
> up with text telling me the file couldn't be opened, and suggesting how I
> can view it.
>
> My problem is that the program does not continue until I respond to that
> intrusive dialog opening Preview Window.  The file is already saved to
> disk, even when I click Cancel, so Preview is purely counterproductive to
> me.  I've looked in sasCommunity.org, the Knowledge Base at the SAS
> Institute, online and my installed SAS help docs, to no avail.
>
> Does anyone know how I could prevent Preview Window being invoked?
> Perhaps some system option, or ods option?  Anything, really.
>
> TIA,
> Steve Raimi
>
>

Steven,

double solution

- into sas windows menu tools/options/preference/ RESULTS   view in prefered (external) browser
and

  ods listing close;
ods noresults;
ods html ....;
code
ods html close;
ods results;
ods listing;

HTH
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