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XRESOURCES=

Language element:	system option
Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific

"resource-list"

specifies the resource setting to be passed to the SAS System. The value for resource-list must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Details

For the SAS interface to Motif, the XRESOURCES= system option enables you to pass any valid X window system command-line options as well as -xrm options to the interface. The xrm option enables you to set any resource used by the SAS System. For a complete list of resource and class names used by the SAS System, see Summary of X Resources for the SAS System. The first argument in the resource list can also be used to specify the application instance name.

In order to conform to the OpenVMS command-line syntax, this option must be enclosed in double quotation marks. This enables you to preserve case, as well as to specify a compound statement. Any value that is enclosed in single quotation marks is resolved as a symbol by OpenVMS before it is processed by the SAS System. If no symbol exists for the specified value, unexpected results may occur.

Note:   Placing single quotation marks inside double quotation marks may not create the effect you want. To preserve the case of the characters, enclose the string in double quotation marks.  

Example

In the following example, the XRESOURCES= system option does three things:

• It uses the AXPSAS argument to define this application instance name as AXPSAS. The application class is always SAS. Therefore, the SAS System will use any application instance resources that are prefixed with AXPSAS, as well as any application class resources that are prefixed by SAS.

• It uses the -display command-line option to specify that the SAS windows for the session should be displayed on node MYNODE.

• It uses the -xrm option to set the AXPSAS.sessionGravity resource to the value SouthWestGravity. When the SAS windows are displayed on the node, they are positioned in the southwest region of the screen. If you want to specify more than one resource setting, you must issue a separate -xrm option.

$ SAS /MOTIF /XRESOURCES="AXPSAS
    -display=mynode::0
    -xrm=(AXPSAS.sessionGravity: SouthWestGravity)"

• Summary of X Resources for the SAS System

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