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FSVIEW Procedure Windows

Creating FSVIEW Applications

If you are an applications developer, you can use the FSVIEW procedure as the basis for data entry applications and editing applications. The FSVIEW procedure enables you to customize the application environment to suit the needs of your users. Customization can include

The feature of the FSVIEW procedure that makes this customization possible is the FORMULA entry. Formula entries are SAS catalog entries of type FORMULA that are created by the FSVIEW procedure to record the following information about the FSVIEW session:


Creating and Updating Formula Entries

If you specify a catalog name or a complete formula name when you open an FSVIEW window (by using the FORMULA= option in the PROC FSVIEW statement, the formula-name argument in the FSVIEW command, or the FORMULA= option in the BROWSE, EDIT, and NEW commands in the FSVIEW window), a FORMULA entry is created automatically when the FSVIEW window is closed. You can also create a FORMULA entry by issuing a SAVE FORMULA command in the FSVIEW window. If you specify only a catalog name, the FSVIEW procedure uses the name of the displayed data set as the formula name.


Loading Formula Entries

To load an existing FORMULA entry when you invoke the FSVIEW procedure, use the FORMULA= option in the PROC FSVIEW statement or the formula-name argument in the FSVIEW command. You can also use the FORMULA= option in the BROWSE, EDIT, and NEW commands in the FSVIEW window to load a FORMULA entry for additional FSVIEW windows that are opened during the FSVIEW session. You can use the FORMULA command in an open FSVIEW window to change the FORMULA entry that is used for the window or to load a FORMULA entry if none was used when the window was originally opened. (The FORMULA command is valid even if you do not specify a formula catalog when you invoke the FSVIEW procedure.)

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