You would normally have R or SAS run on the server, not on the client machine so whether it opens a window or not makes no difference. The window is not on the client's machine anyways. The client only has a browser.
>From within R see ?Rscript and ?system On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Carlos Alzola<calz...@cox.net> wrote: > Good evening, > > I have been asked to investigate the pros and cons of using SAS vs. R in a > web application. Either SAS or R would be the engine used to make some very > simple calculations and to produce graphs, preferably in png format. > > The advantages of R are pretty obvious as there would be no licensing issues. > The only drawback I can see is that when calling it in batch (using R CMD > BATCH), a DOS window appears. Thus I have some basic questions: > > a) Is it possible to have R operate in the background without the DOS window > appear? How? > b) Is it correct that there will be no licensing issues? > c) What would be an efficient way to run it? I am thinking of having R > running in the client's local machine and upload the results to a central > server. > > If using SAS, would the model described in c) above be the best way to design > it, or would it be better to upload the raw data to the server and have SAS > perform the calculations there. Would this option require a multi-user SAS > license? (I know, I should check with SAS Institute, but I thought I'd ask > anyway. Someone in the list may have done something similar). > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Carlos Alzola > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
