FSVIEW Procedure Windows

Customizing the FSVIEW Environment

You can control some of the characteristics of the FSVIEW session by specifying values for parameters in the FSVIEW Parameters window. Use the PARMS command to open the FSVIEW Parameters window. The FSVIEW Parameters Window shows the FSVIEW Parameters window with the default parameter settings.

The FSVIEW Parameters Window

[The FSVIEW Parameters Window]

You can change the current parameter settings in the FSVIEW Parameters window. Some of the parameter settings in the FSVIEW Parameters window are choice groups. To turn on these parameters, move the cursor to the term for the desired parameter status and press ENTER. The selected term is highlighted. Other parameter settings are fields in which you enter the desired parameter values. The following section describes the parameters that are available in the FSVIEW Parameters window.

If you create a FORMULA entry for the FSVIEW session, all the parameter settings from the FSVIEW Parameters window are recorded and will be in effect the next time that FORMULA entry is loaded.

Parameter Descriptions

The following parameters can be controlled by using the FSVIEW Parameters windows:

Color and Attribute

specify the color and highlighting attributes of the following areas of the FSVIEW window:

ID	controls the color of observation numbers or variable values in the ID columns.
Var	controls the color of variable values in the variable columns.
IDname	controls the color of the column headings for the ID columns.
Varname	controls the color of the column headings for the variable columns.
Background	controls the background color of the FSVIEW window.
Border	controls the color of the window border in character-based display environments. Note: This parameter has no effect in graphical windowing environments.
Banner	controls the color of the Command===> text at the left of the command line. Note: This parameter has no effect if a menu bar is displayed in place of a command line.
Command	controls the color of the text that you type on the command line. Note: This parameter has no effect if a menu bar is displayed in place of a command line.
Message	controls the color of text that is displayed in the window's message line.

The following values are valid in the Color fields:

BLUE	GREEN	WHITE	ORANGE
RED	CYAN	GRAY
PINK	YELLOW	BROWN

If a specified color is not available on a user's device, the procedure substitutes the available color that most closely matches the specified color. Some devices do not support changing the background color; for these devices, the background color parameter is ignored.

The following values are valid in the Attribute fields. (You can abbreviate the values by entering only the first letter; the procedure fills in the complete value when you press ENTER.)

HIGHLIGHT	high intensity
BLINKING	blinking
UNDERLINE	underlined
REVERSE	reverse video

If a parameter specifies a highlighting attribute that is not available on the device, the parameter is ignored. You cannot specify a highlighting attribute for the background.

If you use the COLOR command in the FSVIEW window, the colors and highlighting attributes you specify using that command appear in these parameters.

Autoadd

controls whether new observations are automatically added to the displayed data set. This parameter reflects the current status of the autoadd feature, which can also be controlled with the AUTOADD command in the FSVIEW window.

Initial obs

controls whether initial values have been recorded to fill added observations. This parameter is set on when you use the INITIAL command in the FSVIEW window. The INITIAL command records values from an existing observation so that they can be copied into new observations that are added by the autoadd feature.

Hscroll value

controls how many columns are scrolled when a LEFT or RIGHT command does not specify an explicit scroll amount. The default value is 1.

If you use the HSCROLL command in the FSVIEW window, the value that you specify with that command appears in the field for this parameter.

Vscroll value

controls how many observations are scrolled when a FORWARD or BACKWARD command does not specify an explicit scroll amount. The following default scroll amounts can be specified:

n	scroll by the specified number of lines. Enter the desired value in the space provided; then press ENTER to select this value. The value is highlighted in reverse video when it is selected.
HALF	scroll by half the number of lines in the window.
PAGE	scroll by the number of lines in the window.

The default value is HALF.

If you use the VSCROLL command in the FSVIEW window, the value that you specify with that command is shown in the field for this parameter.

Smooth scrolling

controls whether smooth scrolling is available. When smooth scrolling is turned on, the contents of the FSVIEW window are refreshed as the thumb of the scrollbar is moved. When smooth scrolling is turned off, the contents of the FSVIEW window are not refreshed until the thumb is released. If you use the SMOOTH command in the FSVIEW window, the scrolling status that you specify appears in this parameter.

Autosave value

controls how frequently the data set is automatically saved. An automatic save is performed whenever the number of modifications (additions, deletions, or changes) specified in this parameter have been made since the last save. The default value is 25.

If you use the AUTOSAVE command in the FSVIEW window, the value that you specify with that command appears in the field for this parameter.

Cursor variable

controls which variable column the cursor is positioned on when a new observation is added by the autoadd feature or by the DUP command.

If you use the CURSOR command in the FSVIEW window, the variable that you specify with that command appears in the field for this parameter.

FSVIEW Parameters Window Commands

In addition to the global commands that are discussed in SAS/FSP Software Global Commands, you can use the following commands in the FSVIEW Parameters window:

CANCEL: closes the FSVIEW Parameters window without recording any changes to the previous parameter settings.
END: closes the FSVIEW Parameters window and applies the parameter settings that it contains to the FSVIEW window.

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