Date:         Mon, 29 Oct 2001 06:26:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Program Editor window popping up

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 03:37:02 -0500, Clemens van Brunschot
<c.vanbrunschot@CHELLO.NL> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:45:23 -0700, Kristen Yalso <kristyals@YAHOO.COM>
>wrote:
>>Dear List,
>>How can I prevent that my SCL code lets a Program
>>Editor Window pop up? My code is mostly on SAS 8.1 on
>>Windows NT platforms.
>
>Hello Kristen,
>
>'Funny', I had the same problem. An 'in' from SAS had to solve it for me.
>This problem is probably caused by use of DM commands. The DM command by
>default assumes that commands are issued from a Program Editor window. If
>one isn't open yet (which is likely since you assume your users don't have
>one open), one will be opened. I think your customers will rather have an
>Enhanced Editor window open. Try this in a SUBMIT block:
>   dm EDITOR 'command' continue;
>The EDITOR parameter will prevent a Program Editor window to open.
>See: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005644.html
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Clemens van Brunschot
>www.brainmine.nl
>(SAS GUI/macros for predictive modeling)
>
>----------------------
>Yalso <kristyals@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>>How can I prevent that my SCL code lets a Program
>>Editor Window pop up? My code is mostly on SAS 8.1 on
>>Windows NT platforms.

If DM commands are the reason, you could think about other possibilities to
do what you want.
Please tell more about your code! Or is it at start of your program?