Date:         Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:03:26 -0700
Reply-To:     kat j <axnjxntx@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         kat j <axnjxntx@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Create macro variable to refer to program name - for multiple
              programs
Comments: To: toby dunn <tobydunn@hotmail.com>
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The include name has the full file name -- no macro variables / references in it.



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From: toby dunn <tobydunn@hotmail.com>
To: axnjxntx@YAHOO.COM; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:11:13 AM
Subject: RE: Create macro variable to refer to program name - for multiple programs


Kat ,

Hmmm well basically it shold be the same as you have only incliuded the code
form the %included file in your second program.  Thus, you are only running
one program.

What does your %Include look like, is it the full path with the file name or
a fielname and you refernece the filename alias and file you want included?



Toby Dunn

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From: kat j <axnjxntx@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To: kat j <axnjxntx@YAHOO.COM>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Create macro variable to refer to program name - for multiple
        programs
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:58:35 -0700

Morning all...

I am trying to create a macro variable that will contain the path & name of
the program.  I tend to use this macro in my output, so I know what program
to refer to, if need be.

I basically know how to do this --
%let fname=%sysget(sas_execfilepath)
-- however, I have a question about creating more than one macro variable to
refer to different programs.

I have one program (program #1) that I use to create (& manipulate) the
data, and a second program (program #2) that does the runs (cross tabs,
models, etc).  I've got it set up right now so that program #2 calls program
#1 with an %include statement.

What I want is macro variables that refer to each program, separately.
In program #1, I have this statement:
%let fname=%sysget(SAS_EXECFILEPATH);

In program #2, I have this statement:
%let fname2=%sysget(SAS_EXECFILEPATH);

HOWEVER, when I look at the information stored in both of these variables,
they both have the path & program name for program #2.

I even tried this in program #1:
%let fname=&path\%sysget(SAS_EXECFILENAME);

But once I run program #2, the value of &fname refers to the name of program
#2.

How can I create 2 separate variables that refer to each program, while
calling/running program #1 from an %include statement in program #2?

Thanks.
-Kat



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