From: KLR on
On 9 July, 22:18, Tom Abernathy <tom.aberna...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> If you only have read access to your SASUSER library then SAS will use
> a profile in the WORK directory and so your changes will get lost.
> Check to top of you SAS log to see if SAS said that it was using
> WORK.PROFILE.
>
> Personally I have the -RSASUSER option in my SAS configuration file so
> that my multiple sessions all get READ access to my normal profile.
> If I want to make a change to it the I start SAS with the -NORSASUSER
> option and I can make changes.
>
> On Jul 9, 6:14 am, KLR <k.robe...(a)ucas.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 2 July, 01:04, "Lou" <lpog...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > "Ya" <huang8...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >news:6aa5facd-bf8f-4961-97cd-f8ea131f9328(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com....
> > > On Jul 1, 8:14 am, KLR <k.robe...(a)ucas.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > > > At present, each time I open a session of SAS I need to manually
> > > > select 'Use treet view' and change to List view. Does anyone know how
> > > > I can set the properties so that these settings are retained when I
> > > > exit SAS?
>
> > > > Many thanks.
>
> > > Go to menu: Tools -> Options -> Preferences... -> General
> > > Do you see "Save settings on exit" checked? If so, it should remember
> > > your setting next time
> > > you start SAS.
>
> > > HTH
>
> > > Ya
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > If Ya's suggestion doesn't work, you could try arranging your session
> > > windows the way you'd like, then go to the command line or command bar and
> > > issue WSAVE ALL
>
> > Thanks guys - neither solution works.  It just resets itself back to
> > default settings each time I open a new session.  Can I add something
> > to my autoexec to get round it?
>
> > Kim- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Great, I will have a play around with this option !!
From: Richard A. DeVenezia on
On Jul 1, 11:14 am, KLR <k.robe...(a)ucas.ac.uk> wrote:
> At present, each time I open a session of SAS I need to manually
> select 'Use treet view' and change to List view.  Does anyone know how
> I can set the properties so that these settings are retained when I
> exit SAS?

You might find this helpful; "SAS® Explorer: Use and Customization" at
http://www.devenezia.com/papers/nesug-2005/AP006.pdf

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Richard A. DeVenezia