Saves the contents of a window to an external file
| Windows specifics: |
valid options
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FILE file-specification
<portable-options> <host-options>
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- file-specification
- specifies a valid Windows external file
specification as documented in
Referencing External Files
- portable-options
- specifies one or more portable options,
which are documented under the FILE command in SAS online Help.
- host-options
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- BLKSIZE=block-size
BLK=block-size
- specifies the number of bytes that are physically
read or written in an I/O operation. The default is 8K. The maximum is 1M.
- HOTLINK
- is used only in the context of Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE). For a complete description and an example of using this option,
see Using the DDE HOTLINK.
- LRECL=record-length
- specifies the record length (in bytes).
Under Windows, the default is 256.
The value of record-length can range from 1 to
1,048,576 (1 megabyte).
- NOTAB
- is used only in the context of Dynamic Data
Exchange. This option enables you to use non-tab character delimiters between
variables. For more information about this option, see
Using the NOTAB Option with DDE.
- RECFM=record-format
- controls the record format. Under Windows, the
following values are valid:
| F |
indicates fixed format. |
| N |
indicates binary format and causes
the file to be treated as a byte stream. |
| P |
indicates print format. |
| S370V |
indicates the variable S370 record format (V). |
| S370VB |
indicates the variable block S370 record format (VB). |
| S370VBS |
indicates the variable block with spanned records
S370 record format (VBS). |
| V|D |
indicates variable format. This
is the default. |
The FILE command
writes the entire contents of the active window to an external file without
removing text from the window.
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