Main Windows in the SAS Windowing
Environment
Overview of SAS Windows
SAS windows have several features that operate in a similar manner across all operating
environments: menus, toolbars, and online Help. You can customize many features of the
SAS windowing environment, including toolbars, icons, menus, and so on.
The five main windows in the SAS windowing environment are the Explorer, Results,
Enhanced Editor, Log, and Output windows.
Note: The arrangement of your SAS windows depends on your operating environment.
For example, in the Microsoft Windows operating environment, the Enhanced Editor
window appears instead of the Program Editor.
When you first invoke SAS, the Enhanced Editor, Log, Output, and Explorer windows
are displayed. When you execute a SAS program, the default output (HTML) is
displayed in the Results window. If you use a PUT statement in your program, then
output is written to the SAS Log by default.
Note: The Microsoft Windows operating environment was used to create the examples
in this section. Menus and toolbars in other operating environments have a similar
appearance and behavior.
Windows Specifics
If you are using Microsoft Windows, the active window determines which items are
available on the main menu bar.
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