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SAS Companion for the Microsoft Windows Environment

SAS Language Elements

The following SAS language elements have been enhanced:


Formats

The following SAS format and informat have been enhanced:

$HEXw. format
converts character values to hexadecimal values. The width range is increased to 1-32767.

$HEXw. informat
converts hexadecimal data to character data. The width range is increased to 1-32767.

For more information about formats, see SAS Formats under Windows.


Functions and CALL Routines

For more information about functions and call routines, see SAS Functions under Windows.


Macros

The following SAS automatic macro variables are new:

SYSCC
contains the current SAS condition code that SAS returns to Windows when you exit SAS.

SYSMAXLONG
returns the maximum long integer value that is allowed under Windows.

For more information about macros, see SAS Macro Facility under Windows.


Procedures

The following SAS procedure is no longer supported:
V5TOV6

For more information about procedures, see SAS Procedures under Windows.


Statements

The following SAS statements are new:

[IMAGE] SYSTASK
executes, lists, or terminates asynchrnous tasks.

[IMAGE] WAITFOR
suspends execution of the current SAS session until the specified tasks finish executing

The following SAS statements have been enhanced:

LIBNAME
associates a libref with a SAS data library, lists file attributes for a SAS data library, and can concatenate libraries. The valid values for the engine-name argument were modified:

New host options for the LIBNAME statement include:

FILENAME
associates a SAS fileref with an external file or logical file device. The FILENAME statement now supports wildcard characters. [IMAGE] Also, when the COMMPORT option is specified, a new host option, DROPNULL, can be specified to discard null bytes when received. When using pipes, the host-option CONSOLE can be used to minimize the DOS window.

For more information about statements, see SAS Statements under Windows.


Commands

The following SAS commands are new:

DLGPAGESETUP
opens the Page Setup dialog box.

WATTENTION
displays the Tasking Manager window which allows you to select which SAS process to terminate.

WAUTOSAVE
controls how often the SAS System automatically saves work from the editor windows.

WDOCKVIEW
toggles the Docking View feature on and off.

[IMAGE] WEDIT
opens an Enhanced Editor session.

WEXITSAVE
toggles the Save settings on exit feature on and off.

WHIDECURSOR
toggles hiding the cursor in non-input windows.

[IMAGE] WNAVKEYUNMARK
toggles the setting to unmark text using navigational keys.

WRTFSAVE
saves a text window as a rich text format file.

WSCREENTIPS
toggles the ScreenTips on and off.

WWINDOWBAR
toggles the window bar on and off.

For more information about commands, see SAS Commands under Windows.


System Options

The following SAS system options are new:

[IMAGE]ENHANCEDEDITOR
specifies to enable the Enhanced Editor during SAS System invocation.

FONTSLOC
specifies the directory location of the files that contain the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.

GISMAPS
specifies the name of the SAS data library that contains U.S. Census Tract maps supplied by SAS/GIS software.

HOSTPRINT
specifies that the Windows Print Manager is to be used for printing.

[IMAGE] MEMCACHE
specifies to use Extended Server Memory Architecture (ESMA) memory as a SAS System cache.

[IMAGE] MEMLIB
specifies to use Extended Server Memory Architecture (ESMA) memory as an in-memory library.

MSGCASE
specifies whether notes, warnings, and error messages that are generated by SAS are displayed in uppercase characters.

RESOURCELOC
specifies the directory location of the files that contain SAS resources.

SASINITIALFOLDER
specifies the current working folder and the default folder for the Open and Save As dialog boxes.

SCROLLBARFLASH
specifies whether to allow scrollbars to receive keyboard focus.

[IMAGE] SGIO
specifies to enable Scatter-read/Gather-write I/O processing.

SHORTFILEEXT
defines all SAS libraries to support three-character file extensions.

UNBUFLOG
specifies the log to be unbuffered.

The following SAS system options have been enhanced:

ENGINE
specifies the default access method for SAS data libraries. The valid values for the engine-name argument were modified:

CONFIG
specifies an alternative SAS configuration file. CONFIG may now be used multiple times on the command line or within configuration files.

The following SAS system options no longer have details that are specific for Windows:
CBUFNO
MSGLEVEL
NEWS
SYNCHIO

For more information about system options, see SAS System Options under Windows.


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