John,

I run SAS batch jobs in TextPad all the time. I have the extension SAS set to open in TextPad. I use TextPad configure menu to set this. Then under RUN, fill in the dialog box. If you want SAS options they go on the line named "Parameters". Just add

$file - to say this file -config "your config" - to specify the config file

The log and listing by default go to the same directory as the program and I have the default directory follow the data set, so it is easy to locate the parts and keep them open and flip back and forth making changes when required. You can add keys to make everything work that way, but I find the basic default apparatus serves quite well.

Ian Whitlock ----------------- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:19:06 -0400 Reply-To: John Hendrickx <John_Hendrickx@YAHOO.COM> Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" From: John Hendrickx <John_Hendrickx@YAHOO.COM> Subject: Open file in Textpad with SAS I've been looking for a way to launch SAS from Textpad (or any other editor) and open the file being edited. I don't want to use SASOACT.EXE which Explorer uses to open SAS program files because it won't let me specify which configuration file to use. A fairly good solution is to use the startup option: -initstmt 'dm "whostedit ""$FILE"" " continue;' The only drawback is that this method also opens a "Program Editor" window (as well as opening $FILE in the advanced editor). Is there a dm command or any other method to automatically close the program editor window? Or are there any other ways to open the current file in an editor with SAS? John Hendrickx