Date:         Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:41:50 -0400
Reply-To:     "Delaney, Kevin P." <khd8@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Delaney, Kevin P." <khd8@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Proc template in sharing environment
Comments: To: Basem <batawfic@YAHOO.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain

Always fun to follow up my own post:

If you move the ODS PATH statement to before PROC TEMPLATE

ODS PATH tempstor.howlongcanmynamebe(update) sasuser.templat(update)
sashelp.tmplmst(read);
*(Good to give yourself update access to your own templates and READ ONLY
access to SAS's templates);

You can then use PROC TEMPLATE without the store= option, and it will still
write the template in the first itemstore in the path, in this case our new
one with the ridiculous name...

proc template;
define style newstyle ;
parent =styles.barrettsblue;
end;
run;

You can also create a temporary Item store if you want:

Ods path work.tempstor(update) etc.;

Kevin
Kdelaney@cdc.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Delaney, Kevin P.
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:14 PM
To: 'Basem'
Cc: 'SAS-L'
Subject: RE: Proc template in sharing environment


Try :

Libname tempstor "C:\temp";
proc template;
define style newstyle / store= tempstor.howlongcanmynamebe; parent
=styles.barrettsblue; end; run;


ods path tempstor.howlongcanmynamebe sasuser.templat sashelp.tmplmst;

ods pdf file="C:\temp\Templates from the outside.pdf" style=newstyle; proc
print data=sashelp.class; run; ods pdf close;

By the way, the answer to the "question" posed in the proc template is 32
characters for the item store and longer (not sure how long for the style
name...

Kevin
Kdelaney@cdc.gov



-----Original Message-----
From: Basem [mailto:batawfic@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: Proc template in sharing environment


How can I define template that is not stored in SASUSER.TEMPLAT, because it
is shared environment I always get the following error

ERROR: A lock is not available for SASUSER.TEMPLAT.ITEMSTOR, lock held by
process 3067

so best way not to store any template in SASUSER.TEMPLAT, or is there any
other way to avoid that error