SAS Extensions 9.1

[pat731]

I need to know how to add the open with list for my new 9.1 Program. Can anyone point me in the right direction

 

[ChrisW75]

I'm sorry, you'll need to provide slightly more information. What list? What operating system? If you're talking about the .LST file, then this is a simple text file and can be opened by whatever text browser you have available to you (such as notepad on Windows, though the SAS Viewer is much better and should be included on the install CDs.

 

[pat731]

Wow I am sorry about the way I worded that thread.
Operating system is XP
SAS is 9.1
We just had the software loaded and all the old files are still on the computer but when we try to open an old file it doen't give us an extension to open, so if we try to OPEN WITH sas isn't one of the options to OPEN WITH... Choose the program you want to use to open this file: I click in the browse command button but I don't know where to locate the program file. The extension is .sas but it isn't showing up.
Thanks in advance

 

[ChrisW75]

Interesting. I had the sae problem actually when I installed version 9 and removed version 8. I went on to install SAS Viewer and double clicking a .sas file opens SAS Viewer, which I'm happy with. Personally, I prefer this method as mostly when I double click on a SAS program I just want to have a look at the code and opening the SAS System takes a while.
However, if you want to change it so that double clicking on the SAS program file opens the SAS System try the following (I'm doing this under Windows 2000, so the options might be different under XP).
1 - Right click on a SAS File.
2 - Click Properties. Near the top of the properties window it'll show you what it wants to open the file with, click "Change...". If SAS isn't on the list (it isn't on mine for some reason) then click "Other..." and navigate to your SAS.exe program and select that. Click the various OK buttons to complete, then double click the program again, should now open with SAS. Don't forget though, that if you double click on a second SAS program, you'll open another SAS session.
If you want SAS Viewer, it is available for download from the SAS site I believe, and it is also located on one of the install disks that came with SAS 9.1.x.
Hope this helps.

 

[pat731]

Thank you I will try it again in the morning but I believe we tryed that but I will try again.
Patty

 

[ChrisW75]

It is morning here.
I have SAS/PC installed on an XP machie elsewhere, I'll have a look at the options available there over the weekend. Let me know how it goes though.
Cheers.

 

[pat731]

Thanks Chris but it didn't work - I don't know what the issue is.

 

[ChrisW75]

OK, I tried to do this on XP this evening and when I made the change I suggested above, instead of opening SAS, it tried to run the code with SAS instead. I think you will need to contact SAS Support directly and ask how to do this as this is obviously a set up issue of some sort. When you get the answer, please post it here.