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Optional Arguments
SAS-data-library
specifies the physical name of the SAS library that is associated with the libref.
engine
specifies the engine that is used to access SAS files opened in the data library.
options
names one or more options honored by the specified engine, delimited with blanks.
Details
If the LIBNAME function returns a 0, then the function was successful. However, you
could receive a nonzero value, even if the function was successful. A nonzero value is
returned if an error, warning, or note is produced. To determine whether the function was
successful, look through the SAS Log and use the following guidelines:
• If a warning or note was generated, then the function was successful.
• If an error was generated, then the function was not successful.
Under Windows, if you do not specify a SAS-data-library or if you specify a SAS-data-
library as ' ' (a space between single quotation marks) or '' (no space between single
quotation marks), SAS deassigns the libref.
MCIPISLP Function: Windows
Causes SAS to wait for a piece of multimedia equipment to become active.
Category:
Special
Windows
specifics:
all
Syntax
MCIPISLP(number-of-seconds)
Required Argument
number-of-seconds
specifies the number of seconds that you want SAS to wait. This number must be an
integer.
Details
The MCIPISLP function is especially useful when you have used the MCIPISTR
function to open a piece of equipment, but you know it is going to take a few seconds for
the equipment to be ready.
The number-of-seconds argument must be an integer and represents how many seconds
you want to wait. The return value is the number of seconds slept.
The MCIPISLP function can be used in the DATA step and in SCL code.
MCIPISLP Function: Windows
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