Date:         Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:35:51 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Closing table programatically and sending message to screen

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:01:44 -0700, Andreww <andrew.whittam@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi -  I have a big macro which takes 20 minutes or so to run.  Trouble
>is if any of the sas tables is uses are open it fails.

By "open" I presume you mean displayed in a VIEWTABLE window.

>
>Is there a programatic way of closing a table if it's open?
>
>Alternatively, I am thinking there must be a way of getting a little
>pop up of some sort to appear to say "Ensure all Tables closed" (or
>something).
>
>Or.... any other ideas?

Run it in batch.

>
>Thanks
>
>Andrew