Doing More with SAS/ASSIST Software

Saving Source Code to an External File

SAS/ASSIST software creates source code, with descriptive comments, each time you perform a task. In the "Saving Source Code for Editing and Re-execution" chapter of Getting Started with the SAS System Using SAS/ASSIST Software, you learned how to save source code to a SAS catalog. This section describes how to save source code to an external file.

Instructions

Use the Tasks window to access the desired SAS/ASSIST task.
Make task window selections. You do not need to run the task in order to save the source code.
Follow this selection path:

View View source
The View SAS Program window appears with the source code for the report.
Follow this selection path to save the source code to an external file:

File Save As File
The Save As window appears.
If appropriate to your operating environment, select a folder or directory in which to save the file. Type the filename in accordance with the conventions of your operating environment.
Select OK. If the external file already exists, a message appears prompting you to type R to replace the existing file with the new file, to type A to append the new file to the existing file, or to type C to cancel and not save the program to the external file. Type the letter corresponding to the desired action and press ENTER.
The View SAS Program window reappears with a message indicating the number of lines written to the external file.

Note: If you have saved a task (catalog type ASSIST) using Save from the task window's File menu, you can write the saved program to an external file by typing F in the Cmd field to left of the task in the Result Manager window and pressing ENTER. [cautionend]

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