DMS System Option

Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Log, Editor, and Output windows.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment control: Initialization and operation
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= EXECMODES
Note: This option cannot be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

DMS | NODMS

Syntax Description

DMS
invokes the SAS windowing environment and displays the Log, an Editor window, and Output windows.
NODMS
invokes an interactive line mode SAS session.

Details

When you invoke SAS and you are using a configuration file or the command line to control your system option settings, it is possible to create a situation where some system option settings conflict with other system option settings. The following invocation system options, in order, have precedence over the DMS invocation system option:
  1. OBJECTSERVER.
  2. DMR
  3. SYSIN
If you specify DMR while using another invocation option of equal precedence to invoke SAS, SAS uses the last option that is specified. See Order of Precedence for information about invocation option precedence.

See Also

System Options:
DMR System Option
DMSEXP System Option
EXPLORER System Option
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