Problem Note 32792: SAS® prompts you to rebuild the index when you press F1 to request help while running a SAS procedure in SAS 9.2
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If you are running a SAS procedure in SAS 9.2 and within the code you press F1 to invoke help, you will always be prompted to rebuild the index. For example, when running the GLM procedure and pressing F1 in the middle of the code to get help, SAS will always display Preparing index for first use.
proc glm;
class A B;
model Y=A B A*B;
run;
In some cases, the helps displays No Topic Found. If you open the help from the SAS menu and locate the particular procedure, however, information is available.
This issue did not happen in SAS 9.1.
In SAS 9.2 the temporary solution is to use SAS help from the Help menu.
This issue is fixed in SAS 9.3.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
Pressing F1 in the code does not work the same way as opening the Help from the menu bar.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2008-08-11 11:24:54 |
| Date Created: | 2008-07-28 08:15:07 |