The SAS Universal Viewer is a replacement for the SAS System Viewer and is an application for the Windows environment to view SAS data sets and other simple text-based files. You cannot edit SAS data sets with the SAS Universal Viewer, but you can sort and filter data sets. The SAS Universal Viewer enables you to view the contents of SAS data sets without invoking SAS and without installing SAS on your machine.

SAS Universal Viewer requires the Microsoft .NET Framework runtime 2.0. To determine if you have the the appropriate software, click Start->Settings->Control Panel. Windows XP users should look under Add or Remove Programs and Windows Vista users should look under Programs and Features. If Microsoft .NET 2.0 is not listed, go to the Microsoft download Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads) and search for .NET 2.0 under "All Downloads." Follow the instructions on the resulting page to download and install

SAS Universal Viewer Download Packages

SAS Universal Viewer download package is listed by platform in the table below. Selecting the Request Download button will allow you to see the license terms and download SAS Universal Viewer.

SAS Universal Viewer Platforms File Name Size Release Date README Formats   Microsoft® Windows® for x64 sasuniviewer__9215__wx6__xx__web__5.zip 81MB (compressed) 86MB (uncompressed) JUN 2008 pdf, txt Windows sasuniviewer__9215__win__xx__web__5.zip 81MB (compressed) 88MB (uncompressed) JUN 2008 pdf, txt

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