GDEVICE Procedure
PROC GDEVICE Statement
Starts the procedure and determines whether it is
running in windowing mode or program mode. Can identify a device catalog
and specify how that catalog is opened.
Syntax
PROC GDEVICE <CATALOG=<libref.>SAS-catalog> <BROWSE> <NOFS>;
Optional Arguments
Options used in the PROC GDEVICE statement affect how you
use the procedure. They specify how to open the catalog.
- BROWSE
-
opens a catalog in
browse mode. You cannot modify a catalog when you open it with the
BROWSE option. If you are running in program mode when you use BROWSE,
you can use only the FS, LIST, QUIT, END, or STOP statements.
- CATALOG=<libref.>SAS-catalog CAT=<libref.>SAS-catalog C=<libref.>SAS-catalog
-
specifies the catalog
containing device information. If you do not specify a catalog, the
procedure opens the first catalog found in the search order of catalogs
in browse mode. For search order of source catalogs, see
Search Order of Device Catalogs.
To edit the device
entries in a catalog, you must specify the CATALOG= option.
- NOFS
-
specifies that you
are using program mode. In windowing environments, the GDEVICE windows
are the default, and you must specify NOFS to start GDEVICE in program
mode.
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