SAS System Options

DMSEXP System Option

Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results windows.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Environment control: Initialization and operation
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	EXECMODES

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
See Also

Syntax

DMSEXP | NODMSEXP

Syntax Description

DMSEXP: invokes SAS with the Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results windows active.
NODMSEXP: invokes SAS with the Editor, Log, and Output windows active.

Details

In order to set DMSEXP or NODMSEXP, the DMS option must be set. The following SAS execution mode invocation options, in order, have precedence over this option:

OBJECTSERVER.
DMR
SYSIN

If you specify DMSEXP with another execution mode invocation option of equal precedence, SAS uses only the last option listed. See Order of Precedence for more information about invocation option precedence.