Department of Statistics

Fix for window colors in UNIX - SAS 6.12

System: UNIX version 6.11, 6.12

Window colors are incorrect for people who have used SAS 6.09 and then use SAS 6.12. The major problem is the error color in the SAS LOG does not show up. Another window color problem is the highlight color for marking text is white against a white background. All window color problems can be solved by running the following macro or deleting the WSAVE entries in the PROFILE catalog by pull down menus. The macro deletes any existing WSAVE entries in your profile. The SAS 6.12 default window colors will be used in the future. The next time you invoke SAS, the colors will be correct, but the window size will be smaller than SAS 6.09. Instructions to "grow" the window are also included.

click on:
• Globals
• Access
• Display libraries
• Tab to SASUSER and enter S (for Select) in the blank
• Tab to PROFILE and enter S (for Select) in the blank
• Tab to first WSAVE entry type and enter D (for Delete)
• Enter V (to verify Delete)
• Tab to second WSAVE entry type and enter D (for Delete)
• Enter V (to verify Delete)
• Tab to all other WSAVE entry types and delete
  
• If you wish to use 6.12 keys, then tab to DMKEYS.KEYS and delete
• End all the windows until back in default SAS window

• Copy the following macro into the SAS Program Editor window. If you are working on a UNIX workstation, you can highlight (select) the code with your mouse, go to the SAS PGM window, and click on the middle mouse button to copy the code.
• Submit the code to SAS.
• With the mouse, close each window and then reopen. You will see the new colors when you reopen the window.

%macro test(lib,cat,type);
 proc sql noprint;
   select count(objname) into : num
   from dictionary.catalogs
   where libname=%upcase("&lib") and memname=%upcase("&cat")
         and objtype=%upcase("&type");

select objname into :name1 - : name%left(&num)
   from dictionary.catalogs
   where libname=%upcase("&lib") and memname=%upcase("&cat")
         and objtype=%upcase("&type");
quit;

proc catalog cat=&lib..&cat;
 delete
   %do i=1 %to #
      &&name&i
   %end;
    /et=wsave;
quit;
%mend;
%test(sasuser,profile,wsave)

If you wish to save the window size in the same session that you execute the macro, then you need to first close and reopen each window after executing the macro and before executing the following instructions. You need to "grow" and save each window (PGM, LOG, OUT) separately.

1. Command method

• With the mouse, grow the window to the desired size
  
• On the command line, enter
  WSAVE

2. Pull-down method

• With the mouse, grow the window to the desired size
  
• click on
  View
  Change display
  Save attributes