Basic Operation (OMS command)
- Once an OMS command is executed, it remains in effect until the end of the session or until ended by an OMSEND command.
- A destination file specified on an OMS command is unavailable to other commands and other applications until the OMS command is ended by an OMSEND command or the end of the session.
- While an OMS command is in effect, the specified destination files are stored in memory (RAM), so active OMS commands that write a large amount of output to external files may consume a large amount of memory.
- Multiple OMS commands are independent of each other (except as noted below). The same output can be routed to different locations in different formats based on the specifications in different OMS commands.
- Display of output objects in the Viewer is determined by the most recent OMS command that includes the particular output type. For example, if an OMS command includes all tables from the FREQUENCIES command and also contains a VIEWER = YES specification, and a subsequent OMS command includes all tables of the subtype 'Statistics' with VIEWER = NO, Statistics tables for subsequent FREQUENCIES commands will not be displayed in the Viewer.
- The COLUMNS subcommand has no effect on pivot tables displayed in the Viewer.
- The order of the output objects in any particular destination is the order in which they were created, which is determined by the order and operation of the commands that generate the output.