Remote
browsing enables you to view SAS documentation, URLs that are specified
in the WBROWSE command, and ODS output in the Web browser on your
local computer. In the past, all Web documentation was displayed by
executing a Netscape browser on the SAS server. By displaying this
documentation locally, you have faster access to the documentation
and you free up resources on the SAS server that were used by Netscape.
A small software agent
called the remote browser server runs on your local computer. When
SAS needs to display HTML content, it connects to the remote browser
server and sends the URL that references the content. The remote browser
server then passes the URL to a browser for display. If the remote
browser server is not running on your computer, SAS displays a dialog
box that contains the URL that you need to use to download the remote
browser server.
Two system options are
provided to configure remote browsing: HELPHOST and HELPPORT. These
options specify the host name and port number of the computer where
HTML content is to be displayed. In most cases, these options do not
need to be set. HELPHOST defaults to the host name that is specified
in the X11 DISPLAY environment variable, or to the IP address that
is specified in the SSH_CLIENT environment variable if the client
connects to the UNIX host by using SSH with X11 forwarding enabled.
HELPPORT defaults to the standard port for the remote browser server.