SAS 9.1 Companion for Windows (2 Volumes)

Automatic Macro Variables

The following automatic macro variables have values that are specific to Windows:

SYSCC

• contains the current SAS condition code that SAS returns to Windows when SAS exits. Upon exit, SAS translates this condition code to a return code that has a meaningful value for the operating environment.

SYSDEVIC

• gives the name of the current graphics device. The current graphics device is determined by the DEVICE system option. Contact your SAS Support Consultant to determine which graphics devices are available at your site. For information about the DEVICE system option, see 'DEVICE System Option' on page 496 and SAS Language Reference: Dictionary .

SYSENV

• always contains the value FORE under Windows.

SYSJOBID

• returns a number that uniquely identifies the SAS task under Windows.

SYSMAXLONG

• returns the maximum long integer value that is allowed under Windows, which is 2,147,483,647. On 64-bit systems, the maximum is 9,007,199,254,740,992.

SYSRC

• holds the Windows status of Windows commands that are issued during your SAS session. The variable holds a character string that is the text form of the decimal value of the Windows command status.

  For example, consider the following statements:

  options noxwait; x 'dirf'; /* Invalid Windows command */ %put This Windows status is &sysrc; x 'dir'; /* Valid Windows command */ %put The corrected Windows status is &sysrc;

  The following lines are written to the SAS log:

  This Windows status is 1 The corrected Windows status is 0

  The OPTIONS statement turns the XWAIT option off so that the Windows command prompt window closes automatically. That is, you don't have to type exit to return to your SAS session. If you run this example with the XWAIT option, you would need to type exit before SAS would run the code. After you type exit ,a value of 0 is returned in both cases; 0 is the return code for the EXIT command. If you use the NOXSYNC system option, the value of SYSRC is automatically 0.

SYSSCP

• returns the operating environment abbreviation WIN.

SYSSCPL

• returns the name of the specific Windows environment that you are using. The possible return values are

  • NET_SRV

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

  • NET_ASRV

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

  • NET_DSRV

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition

  • WIN_NT

    • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

  • WIN_NTSV

    • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

  • WIN_ASRV

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

  • WIN_DSRV

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

  • WIN_PRO

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

  • WIN_SRV

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

  • XP_PRO

    • Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  • W64_ASRV

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition

  • W64_DSRV

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition

  • W64_PRO

    • Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit edition.