Re: Question about default window sizes on SAS v8 for Windows

Randy-
Thanks for the tip on the dm command. I'll give that a shot. The main
reason I'm using rsasuser is so that I can run multiple instances of SAS
and keep the same user settings.

Thanks,
Mark

Randy Herbison wrote:
> Mark,
>
> The RSASUSER system option prevents you from writing to the SASUSER
> library where SAS stores many user settings, including window
> positions/sizes. If you do not need to share SASUSER with other SAS
> users, not using RSASUSER may be your answer.
>
> If you must use RSASUSER, you may want to consider using one or more DM
> statements in an autoexec.sas file. The code for the LOG window would
> look something like this:
>
> * untested;
> * set log window to start in top left corner, 40 rows deep and 80
> columns wide;
>
> dm "log; wdef 1 1 40 80";
>
>
> RandyHerbison@westat.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Mark Biek
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Question about default window sizes on SAS v8 for Windows
>
>
> I run SAS using a shortcut with the following:
> "C:\Program Files\SAS Institute\SAS\V8\sas.exe" -CONFIG "C:\Program
> Files\SAS Institute\SAS\V8\SASV8.CFG" -rsasuser
>
> It used to be that SAS would remember how my Editor, Log, & Output
> windows were sized so that everything was laid out the way I liked it.
> Now, suddenly, the Editor/Log/Output windows are all very small inside
> of the main SAS window and I have to manually resize them when I run
> SAS.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to modify the startup position and sizes of these
> windows?
>
> SAS v8, Windows XP
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

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