Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:53:57 +0100
Reply-To:     Frank Poppe <poppe-f@pzh.nl>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Frank Poppe <Frank.Poppe@KNOWARE.NL>
Organization: Knoware
Subject:      Re: Merry Xmas as a multilingual SAS application

It should always be possible to open the given URL's in any browser, copy
them locally and run the CIMPORTS from there. I have heard of no problems
from people using that method.
This suggests to me that SAS is too impatient waiting for bytes.

Greetings,

Frank Poppe

Arjen Raateland <Arjen.Raateland@vyh.fi> wrote in message
news:3868C0D7.2777@vyh.fi...
> Jack Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > "Frank Poppe" <Frank.Poppe@KNOWARE.NL> wrote:
> >
> > >To run the MerryXms-application, cut-and-paste the following SAS job to
your
> > >program editor window, and submit it while connected to the Internet.
> >
> > Interesting.  I hadn't considered the possibility of a computer virus
hosted in SAS,
> > but obviously it is possible uaing this technique.
> >
> > >  dm 'af c=pwtools.xframe.merryxms.frame' ;
> >
> > I get
> >
> >    ERROR: Invalid catalog specification
>
> No success here either:
> 23      PROC CIMPORT CATALOG = pwtools.xframe INFILE  = xframe  ; RUN ;
>
> ERROR: 10060 - WSAETIMEDOUT.
> NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
> NOTE: The PROCEDURE CIMPORT used 45.33 seconds.
>
> What could this be caused by? I tried several times.
>
> Sometimes the error message is:
>
> 10      PROC CIMPORT CATALOG = pwtools.xframe INFILE  = xframe  ; RUN ;
>
> ERROR: 10051 - WSAENETUNREACH.
>
>
>
> I can open the transport file as per the filename URL in the NetScape
> browser window. It may be unusable, but it's there, no time-outs.
>
> --
> Arjen Raateland
> Finnish Environment Institute
> SAS Support
> phone +358 9 4030 0350