Date:         Sat, 15 Nov 2003 05:53:31 -0800
Reply-To:     Aaron <aaronreid@EUROPE.COM>
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From:         Aaron <aaronreid@EUROPE.COM>
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Subject:      How to pass the filename to PUT statement in DDE?
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Hello,

Can somebody help me in getting the following code to work?
&fname does not get resolved, and PUT is not working with double quotation marks.

Thanks in advance!

filename TRY1 dde 'excel|system';
%let fname=A_FILE.xls;
data _null_;
  file TRY1;
    put '[open("C:\sas\&fname.")]';
run;