sas, Problem reading Excel data containing spaces w/ dde

1. DDE : problem read sheets whose name ends with a space

Hi folks,

My source data is delivered in Excel format. I read this in using DDE.
I have recently discovered a problem when trying to read from a
worksheet whose name ends in a space. The space is no recognised in the
filename statement. Resulting in the following error message -

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, Excel|[TESTSHEET.xls]Sheet1 !r1c1.

Here is some example code -

FILENAME XL DDE 'Excel|[TESTSHEET.xls]sheet1 !r1c1';

DATA test;
  infile XL DDE NOTAB TRUNCOVER;
  input value $200.;
RUN;


Where a sheet is not protected I can solve this by running via DDE a
VBA macro which removes the trailing space. However many files are
delivered with worksheet protection.

Any ideas why the filename is not recognised ?

many thanks in advance

Richard

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data _in_;

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problems occur when I try to write to Excel further on down in the
program -- I end up writing results to the wrong Excel session, or
worse.  Any suggestions?

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      filename sas2xl dde 'excel|system'; * reference to open/close
excel ;
      data _null_;
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            fid=fopen('sas2xl','s');
            if (fid le 0) then do;
                  rc=system('start excel');
                  start=datetime();
                  stop=start+10;
                  do while (fid le 0);
                        fid=fopen('sas2xl','s');
                        time=datetime();
                        if (time ge stop) then fid=1;
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    id  type label 98 Binary The occurrence of a "HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
VIRUS" claim during modeling year  167 Binary The occurrence of a "METABOLIC
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I have above excel file with 3 columns. I want ot read it to sas throught
dde. (We do not have import sas modules)
I used following code:
**

options noxwait noxsync;

x *'"c:\program files\microsoft office\office10\excel.exe"'*;

data _null_;

x=sleep(5);

run;

*;

/* open Excel workbook */

/*"N:\PM\PM_RF\CSVs\definitionT.csv" */

*;

filename ddecmd dde *'excel|system'*;

data _null_;

file ddecmd;

put *'[FILE-OPEN("N:\PM\PM_RF\CSVs\definitionT.xls")]'*;

run;

*;

/* specify desired Excel worksheet cell range */

*;

filename xlin DDE *'excel|definitionT!r2c1:r5c2'*;

run;

*;

/* read Excel files using DDE into SAS data set*/

*;

data test;

infile xlin dlm=*'09'x* notab missover dsd;

informat id 8. type $20. label $200.;

input id type label;

format id 8. type $8. label $200.;

run;

*;

/* close Excel workbook and close Excel */

data _null_;

file xlin;

put *'[FILE-CLOSE("N:\PM\PM_RF\CSVs\definitionT.xls")]'*;

put *'[QUIT()];

run;



This code can read "id" and "type" into sas dataset but failed to read
"label".(the varible name is in the resulting sas dataset test, but the
contents of lable is not there.

How can I fix this problem?

Thanks.

Jeff
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