Date:         Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:55:03 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: SAS macro stored in the catalog
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when all else fails: read the options list:
PROC Options group = macro;run;

and then the paper:
Tutorials
A SASautos Companion: Reusing Macros
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/267-30.pdf

which explains how to compile and store macros
and then access them.

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon
>
> I was given a catalog "sasmacr.sas7cat", in which contains a
> SAS macro,
> say, LABTEST. I couldn't review the content of this macro because of
> failing to open it.  Even though the macro varibales used in
> this macro
> were provided and I was instructed to use option SASAUTOS, I
> still fail
> to make it work.  Instead of directly including the macro as the
> example I found, I uncluded the catalog in the SASAUTOS.  The error
> messgae was shown in the log "WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro
> LABTEST not resolved." It seems that we cannot invoke this
> macro, which
> was stored in the catalog "sasmacr.sas7cat".
>
> Does anyone come across this same situation?  Any suggestions would be
> highly appreciated.
>
> - SW
>