Date:         Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:50:30 -0800
Reply-To:     David Neal <afdbn@UAA.ALASKA.EDU>
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From:         David Neal <afdbn@UAA.ALASKA.EDU>
Subject:      ODS fails to create file (v9.1.3-sp2)
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I have a problem with ODS.  It seems to have a problem creating a file with
a specific name.  When I run the following code, it fails to create the
output file but when I change the name slightly, everything works.

Seems to have a problems when I end with numbers from 1 to 9.  (note:
"com1.doc" causes real problems.)



David Neal



data fas;

input com3 @@;

datalines;

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6

;

run;

/*Does not work*/

ods rtf file="c:\com3.doc";

 proc freq data=fas;

 tables com3;

 run;

ods rtf close;

/*Not even in html*/

ods html file="c:\com3.html";

 proc freq data=fas;

 tables com3;

 run;

ods html close;



/*Works*/

ods rtf file="c:\com10.doc";

 proc freq data=fas;

 tables com3;

 run;

ods rtf close;



ods rtf file="c:\com3a.doc";

 proc freq data=fas;

 tables com3;

 run;

ods rtf close;





Error:



18   ods rtf file="c:\com3.doc";

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, c:\com3.doc.

ERROR: Fatal ODS error has occurred. Unable to continue processing this
output destination.

WARNING: No body file. RTF output will not be created.

19    proc freq data=fas;

20    tables com3;

21    run;



NOTE: There were 12 observations read from the data set WORK.FAS.

NOTE: PROCEDURE FREQ used (Total process time):

      real time           0.03 seconds

      cpu time            0.03 seconds





22   ods rtf close;