I know there have been subsequent postings on this thread, but none seem to nail this mistake. Jack, My answer to your final question repeated below, is NO. I think the only "annoying ... neglection" around here is your training. If you explore the options available, I think you can find out how to run SAS on your pc just like it ran on the mainframe with which you seem familiar. You seem not to understand that both on the mainframe and on your pc you have two styles of operation. "Batch" is your default on the mainframe and "Iteractive SAS Display Manager" is the default on your pc. Both of these are available on both pc and mainframe. However, and exactly opposite to the point you seem to be trying to make, we are happier sometimes to make the mainframe SAS session operate, as much as possible, like SAS Display Manager on winXX pc platforms.

The behaviour of SAS statements like RUN CANCEL, ABORT nn; ENDSAS; QUIT; RUN; is documented. I think you might change your judgement of the SAS System on respective platforms once you have learned some more.

Datum: 03.11.99 16:08 An: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu

Antwort an: jzl111@aol.com

Betreff: Re: ENDSAS in PC SAS Nachrichtentext:

It is kind annoying that when you want to stop processing you actually lost everything due to the exit of SAS. Someone suggested to use 'quit' but it won't work.

In the mainframe environment it doesn't make this problem since it is just the time for you to look at .LOG or .LIS by editor hosted in the platforms. But in PC SAS, the viewing editor is right in the SAS. Furthermore, when you re-enter the SAS, you have nothing resulted from the job you submitted!

I suspect that this was a SAS design neglection on the special PC environment because SAS was initially developed for mainframe use. Am I right?

Jack