Using the Main SAS Windows (5)

Working in the SAS Environment

Using the Main SAS Windows

Enhanced Editor Windows (Windows Operating Environment)

In the Windows operating environment, an Enhanced Editor window opens by default. Like the Program Editor window, you can use the Enhanced Editor window to enter, edit, and submit SAS programs. You can open multiple Enhanced Editor windows. To display an additional Enhanced Editor window, select View Enhanced Editor.

The practices in SAS OnlineTutor specify the Program Editor window instead of the Enhanced Editor. If you are working in the Windows operating environment, you can use either window.

enhanced editor window

Enhanced Editor Features

The Enhanced Editor provides a number of useful editing features, including

color coding and syntax checking of SAS language
expandable and collapsible sections
recordable macros
support for keyboard shortcuts (Alt or Shift plus keystroke)
multi-level undo and redo

and much more.
The initial window title is Editor - Untitledn until you open a file or save the contents of the editor to a file. Then the window title changes to reflect that file name. When the contents of the editor are modified, an asterisk is added to the title.

For more information on the Enhanced Editor, select Help Using This Window from an Enhanced Editor window.

You can use the following to write and edit SAS programs:

the Program Editor window
the Enhanced Editor
the SAS Notepad window
the host editor of your choice.

In the Program Editor window, your code disappears after it is submitted. In the Enhanced Editor and the SAS Notepad window, the code does not disappear when you submit it.

	You can use the following to write and edit SAS programs: the Program Editor window the Enhanced Editor the SAS Notepad window the host editor of your choice.
In the Program Editor window, your code disappears after it is submitted. In the Enhanced Editor and the SAS Notepad window, the code does not disappear when you submit it.