Purpose of This Document

This document is an introduction to the SAS/AF development environment. It guides you through the basic skills that you need to build a simple frame application. It also gives you a foundation with which you can transition to the larger reference manuals that fully cover SAS/AF software.
Although this document is intended for new users of SAS/AF, you should be familiar with basic SAS concepts such as libraries, catalogs, and catalog entries. You do not need object-oriented programming experience to benefit from this document, but familiarity with object-oriented concepts will certainly help.
Although specific to SAS/AF in SAS®9, the overall processes that are presented in this document also apply to versions of SAS/AF software starting with SAS 8.1.