System Options under OpenVMS

HELPHOST System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the name of the local computer where the remote browsing system is running.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Environment control: Help
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	HELP
VMS specifics:	The default value is the X Windows display setting
See:	HELPHOST System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details
Example 1: SAS Invocation
Example 2: OPTIONS Statement
See Also

Syntax

HELPHOST="host"

"host"

specifies the name of the computer where the remote browsing system is to be displayed. Quotation marks or parentheses are required. The maximum number of characters is 2048.

Default:

NULL

Details

If you do not specify the HELPHOST option, the remote browsing system is displayed on the host that is specified in the X Windows display setting.

Example 1: SAS Invocation

The syntax for specifying the HELPHOST system option differs for the OpenVMS environment and the UNIX environment. The following example shows the syntax for specifying the HELPHOST system option for the UNIX environment:

sas92 -helphost "mycomputer.mycompany.com"

The following example shows the syntax for specifying the HELPHOST system option for the OpenVMS environment:

sas92/helphost="mycomputer.mycompany.com"/helpport=3755

Example 2: OPTIONS Statement

The following OPTIONS statement is an example of setting the HELPHOST system option after SAS has started:

options helphost="mycomputer.mycomputer.com";