If %DISPLAY is executed within a SUBMIT block, SAS may hang.

The macro %WINDOW/%DISPLAY is not allowed within a SUBMIT/ENDSUBMIT block.

One possible work-around would be to use a DATA STEP WINDOW statement instead. See below:

   /** This would fail within SCL **/
   %window info         
     #5 @5 'What is your name?'       
     #5 @26 name 8 attr=underline;
   %display info;
   proc optmodel;
      str name;
      submit / out name;
      %display info;
      endsubmit;
      put name;
   quit;

   /** This would work within SCL **/
   proc optmodel;
      str name;
      submit / out name;
         data _null_;
            length name $20;
            window info         
              #5 @5 'What is your name?'       
              #5 @26 name attr=underline;
            display info;
            call symput('NAME', name);
            stop;
         run;
      endsubmit;
      put "Hello, " name ".";
   quit;

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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When running a %WINDOW/%DISPLAY within an SCL SUBMIT block, SAS may hang.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	low

Date Modified:	2013-04-22 11:12:18
Date Created:	2013-04-15 11:34:06