Date:         Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:56:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS V8 Explorer and Time Stamp Changes

Hi.

This just in from Support@sas.com:

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    Trknum: us6283515
   Customer: Talbot Michael Katz

         OS: winxp         Product: system
 OS Release:                 Topic:
Product Rel: 8.2          Subtopic:
    TSLevel: 2m0

<=== Page: 1 === SAS Consultant === emailed w/answer === 22Sep2005
11:39:49 ===>

Good Afternoon,

The issue that you reported is documented in the following SAS NOTE.
There is not a fix available for SAS release 8.2, however the issue has
been
corrected in SAS Release 9.1.3.

http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003301.html

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

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So I guess that's that.  I did get an offline tip to look at the following
two SUGI / NESUG papers for information on customizing SAS Explorer:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/013-29.pdf
http://www.nesug.org/html/Proceedings/nesug05/ap/ap6.pdf


--  TMK  --
"The Macro Klutz"


On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:34:03 -0400, Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
wrote:

>Hi.
>
>In the Explorer Window in SAS V8, if I right-click on a data set to view
>its properties box, it changes the time-stamp on the file, whether I click
>OK or Cancel to close the box.  This happens in Windows, and on a remote
>UNIX server; it doesn't happen if I open the data set itself for viewing.
>Is there any way I can prevent viewing the properties box from changing
>the time-stamp?  Thanks!
>
>--  TMK  --
>"The Macro Klutz"