Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:43:13 -0500
Reply-To:     "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Splash screen on application launch

"Ben Powell" <ben.powell@CLA.CO.UK> wrote in message
news:200312011542.hB1FgRT26933@listserv.cc.uga.edu...
> Dear SAS-L,
>
> Is there a kludge for launching something like a splash screen while in
SAS
> using, say, a gif? Or is the best way to use (with BASE licence only) the
> windows command and make something out of Xs and .s? / or otherwise use VB
> or java, for example?
>
> Right now I'm thinking either SAS windows (which is a goer) or VBScript
> launched gif image on a timer. Can SAS lauch a gif?
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
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>


Your most flexible solution might be to scare up a free image viewer for
windows.  Then you should be able to
options xmin noxwait noxsync;
x "some-image-viewer-with-the-right-stuff" "my image filename" 30;

Sorry, I don't have a great recommendation for
"some-image-viewer-with-the-right-stuff". A little thing called ArtSee
caught my eye but I couldn't find a place to download it from.

--
Richard A. DeVenezia
http://www.devenezia.com/downloads/sas/macros