Date:         Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:04:57 -0400
Reply-To:     RHOADSM1 <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         RHOADSM1 <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Current folder in V7
Comments: To: "James; Steve" <spj1@CDC.GOV>
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Steve,

    For each icon, add the following at the end of the command line in Target:

    -sasuser c:\Junk    (or whatever)

    Seems to work for me.

        Mike Rhoads
        Westat
        RhoadsM1@Westat.com

<<original posting>>
I want to be able to have separate Icons on my Windows 95 desktop for SAS
that will determine which folder I reference whenever I do a File->Open
and/or File->Save.  In 6.12, you can do that by assigning the folder to the
'Start In' parameter of the Shortcut Properties of the icon.  That
assignment makes the designated folder the 'current folder' and is the
default folder you get when you do a File->Open type operation.

In Version 7, the same technique seems to make the chosen folder your
'current folder' but the folder referenced when you do a File->Open type
operation appears to be determined by the folder you have defined as your
SASUSER folder in SASV7.CFG file.  The current folder appears to refer to
where data set operations (DATA, SET, INFILE and FILE statements), but not
the location of the programs.  It's as if SASUSER now refers to the folder
where the programs go, and the current folder is where the data are.  This
seems to reverse the previous convention.

Am I seeing this correctly?  And is there a way to determine which folder is
referenced when you do a File->Open type command?  TIA

Steve James
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
spj1@cdc.gov