Date:         Thu, 13 May 1999 10:30:02 -0400
Reply-To:     "John G.Phillips" <jphillips@ARSERRC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "John G.Phillips" <jphillips@ARSERRC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: DDE
In-Reply-To:  <01JB58MFUQQS0005OV@Ceres.ARSERRC.Gov>
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Jason Boland wrote re having trouble with the DDE triplet
in the FILENAME statement.  I have found that after copying
the appropriate section of the EXCEL speadsheet to the clipboard
that you can specify
 
        FILENAME groo dde 'clipboard';
 
and SAS will input your data correctly without the "Physical File
does not exist" error message that Jason encountered.
 
HTH,
 
John G. Phillips
USDA-ARS
jphillips@arserrc.gov