• Contents
  • About
  • Title Page
  • What's New in the SAS 9.3 Windows Companion
  • Accessibility Features in SAS under Windows
  • About This Book
  • Running SAS under Windows
    • Getting Started under Windows
      • SAS: Exploiting the Power of Windows
      • Starting SAS
      • Files Used by SAS
      • Submitting SAS Code
      • Interrupting Your SAS Session
      • Running Windows or MS-DOS Commands from within SAS
      • Terminating a SAS Process
      • Ending Your SAS Session
    • Interacting with SAS under Windows
      • Overview of the SAS Interface
      • Working within Your SAS Session
      • Customizing Your SAS Session
      • Accessing Online Help and Documentation
    • Using the SAS Editors under Windows
      • Using the Enhanced Editor
      • Using the Program Editor
    • Using SAS Files under Windows
      • Introduction to SAS Files
      • Multi Engine Architecture
      • Using Data Libraries
      • Accessing SAS Files from Multiple SAS Sessions
      • Using SAS Files from Other Versions with SAS 9.3 for Windows
      • Using SAS 9.3 Files with Previous Releases
      • Using Remote Host SAS Files in SAS 9.3
      • Reading BMDP, OSIRIS, and SPSS Files
      • Transferring SAS Files between Operating Environments
      • Accessing Database Files with SAS/ACCESS Software
      • Using the SAS ODBC Driver to Access SAS Data from Other Applications
    • Using External Files under Windows
      • About External Files
      • Referencing External Files
      • Accessing External Files with SAS Statements
      • Accessing External Files with SAS Commands
      • Advanced External I/O Techniques
      • Reading Data from the Communications Port
    • Managing SAS Output under Windows
      • Printing
      • Routing Procedure Output to a Web Browser
      • Routing Procedure Output and the SAS Log to a File
      • Using the SAS Logging Facility to Write Log Messages
      • Producing Graphics
    • Performance Considerations under Windows
      • Hardware Considerations
      • Windows Features That Optimize Performance
      • SAS Features That Optimize Performance
      • Network Performance Considerations
      • Advanced Performance Tuning Methods
  • Using SAS with Other Windows Applications
    • Using Lotus Notes to Distribute SAS Data under Windows
      • Introduction to Using Lotus Notes with SAS
      • Populating a Lotus Notes Database Using the DATA Step and SCL Code
    • Using Windows System Tools with SAS under Windows
      • Introduction to Using Windows System Tools with SAS
      • Event Viewer Application Log
      • Performance Tools
      • Starting SAS as a Windows Service
    • Using OLE in SAS/AF Software under Windows
      • About OLE
      • SAS/AF Catalog Compatibility
      • Inserting an OLE Object in a FRAME Entry
      • Editing an OLE Object within a FRAME Entry
      • Invoking OLE Verbs
      • Using Linked OLE Objects
      • Converting OLE Objects
      • Automating OLE Objects and Applications
      • Using OLE Custom Controls (OCXs) in Your SAS/AF Application
    • Controlling SAS from Another Application Using OLE
      • Introduction to Automating SAS
      • Creating an Instance of SAS
      • Getting Feedback from the SAS Session
      • Examples of Automating SAS with OLE
      • Methods and Properties for Use with a SAS OLE Automation Object
      • Command Method
      • QueryWindow Method
      • Quit Method
      • Submit Method
      • Top Method
      • Properties for Controlling a SAS Automation Object
    • Using Dynamic Data Exchange under Windows
      • Overview of Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
      • DDE Syntax within SAS
      • Referencing the DDE External File
      • DDE Examples
    • Using Unnamed and Named Pipes under Windows
      • Overview of Pipes
      • Using Unnamed Pipes
      • Using Named Pipes
    • Accessing External DLLs from SAS under Windows
      • Overview of Dynamic Link Libraries in SAS
      • The SASCBTBL Attribute Table
      • Special Considerations When Using External DLLs
      • Examples
    • Special Considerations for SAS/AF Programmers under Windows
      • Controlling the Appearance and Behavior of SAS
      • Controlling the Main SAS Window
      • Accessing External DLLs from SAS
      • Designing, Saving, and Loading Custom Toolbar Controls
      • Invoking SAS/AF Applications Automatically
      • Associating Your Own Logo and Icons with Your SAS/AF Application
  • Features of the SAS Language for Windows
    • Data Set Options under Windows
      • SAS Data Set Options under Windows
      • SGIO Data Set Option: Windows
    • SAS Commands under Windows
      • SAS Commands under Windows
      • AUTOSCROLL Command: Windows
      • AWSMAXIMIZE Command: Windows
      • AWSMINIMIZE Command: Windows
      • AWSRESTORE Command: Windows
      • CAPS Command: Windows
      • COLOR Command: Windows
      • COMMAND Command: Windows
      • CUT Command: Windows
      • DLGABOUT Command: Windows
      • DLGCDIR Command: Windows
      • DLGCOLUMNSIZE Command: Windows
      • DLGCOLUMNSORT Command: Windows
      • DLGCONVERT Command: Windows
      • DLGENDR Command: Windows
      • DLGFIND Command: Windows
      • DLGFONT Command: Windows
      • DLGLIB Command: Windows
      • DLGLINKS Command: Windows
      • DLGOPEN Command: Windows
      • DLGPAGESETUP Command: Windows
      • DLGPREF Command: Windows
      • DLGPRT Command: Windows
      • DLGPRTPREVIEW Command: Windows
      • DLGPRTSETUP Command: Windows
      • DLGREPLACE Command: Windows
      • DLGRUN Command: Windows
      • DLGSAVE Command: Windows
      • DLGSMAIL Command: Windows
      • FILE Command: Windows
      • FILEOPEN Command: Windows
      • FILL Command: Windows
      • GSUBMIT Command: Windows
      • HOME Command: Windows
      • ICON Command: Windows
      • INCLUDE Command: Windows
      • PMENU Command: Windows
      • SAVE Command: Windows
      • STORE Command: Windows
      • SUBTOP Command: Windows
      • TOOLCLOSE Command: Windows
      • TOOLEDIT Command: Windows
      • TOOLLARGE Command: Windows
      • TOOLLOAD Command: Windows
      • TOOLSWITCH Command: Windows
      • TOOLTIPS Command: Windows
      • WATTACH Command: Windows
      • WATTENTION Command: Windows
      • WAUTOSAVE Command: Windows
      • WBROWSE Command: Windows
      • WCOPY Command: Windows
      • WCUT Command: Windows
      • WDOCKVIEW Command: Windows
      • WDOCKVIEWMINIMIZE Command: Windows
      • WDOCKVIEWRESIZE Command: Windows
      • WDOCKVIEWRESTORE Command: Windows
      • WEDIT Command: Windows
      • WEMAILFMT Command: Windows
      • WEXITSAVE Command: Windows
      • WFILE Command: Windows
      • WHIDECURSOR Command: Windows
      • WHSBAR Command: Windows
      • WINSERT Command: Windows
      • WMENUPOP Command: Windows
      • WMRU Command: Windows
      • WNAVKEYUNMARK Command: Windows
      • WNEWTITLE Command: Windows
      • WNEXTEDIT Command: Windows
      • WPASTE Command: Windows
      • WPGM Command: Windows
      • WPOPUP Command: Windows
      • WRTFSAVE Command: Windows
      • WSCREENTIPS Command: Windows
      • WSTATUSLN Command: Windows
      • WUNDO Command: Windows
      • WVSBAR Command: Windows
      • WWINDOWBAR Command: Windows
      • X Command: Windows
      • ZOOM Command: Windows
    • SAS Formats under Windows
      • SAS Formats under Windows
      • Writing Binary Data
      • Accessing User-Written Formats from Earlier Releases to SAS 9.3
      • HEXw. Format: Windows
      • $HEXw. Format: Windows
      • IBw.d Format: Windows
      • PDw.d Format: Windows
      • PIBw.d Format: Windows
      • RBw.d Format: Windows
      • ZDw.d Format: Windows
    • SAS Functions and CALL Routines under Windows
      • SAS Functions and Call Routines under Windows
      • BYTE Function: Windows
      • CALL SOUND Routine: Windows
      • CALL SYSTEM Routine: Windows
      • COLLATE Function: Windows
      • DINFO Function: Windows
      • DOPEN Function: Windows
      • DOPTNAME Function: Windows
      • DOPTNUM Function: Windows
      • FDELETE Function: Windows
      • FEXIST Function: Windows
      • FILEEXIST Function: Windows
      • FILENAME Function: Windows
      • FILEREF Function: Windows
      • FINFO Function: Windows
      • FOPTNAME Function: Windows
      • FOPTNUM Function: Windows
      • LIBNAME Function: Windows
      • MCIPISLP Function: Windows
      • MCIPISTR Function: Windows
      • MODULE Function: Windows
      • PEEKLONG Function: Windows
      • RANK Function: Windows
      • SLEEP Function: Windows
      • TRANSLATE Function: Windows
      • WAKEUP Function: Windows
    • SAS Informats under Windows
      • SAS Informats under Windows
      • Reading Binary Data
      • Converting User-Written Informats from Earlier Releases to SAS 9.3
      • HEXw. Informat: Windows
      • $HEXw. Informat: Windows
      • IBw.d Informat: Windows
      • PDw.d Informat: Windows
      • PIBw.d Informat: Windows
      • RBw.d Informat: Windows
      • ZDw.d Informat: Windows
    • SAS Procedures under Windows
      • SAS Procedures under Windows
      • CATALOG Procedure: Windows
      • CIMPORT Procedure: Windows
      • CONTENTS Procedure: Windows
      • CONVERT Procedure: Windows
      • CPORT Procedure: Windows
      • DATASETS Procedure: Windows
      • OPTIONS Procedure: Windows
      • PMENU Procedure: Windows
      • PRINTTO Procedure: Windows
      • SORT Procedure: Windows
    • SAS Statements under Windows
      • SAS Statements under Windows
      • ABORT Statement: Windows
      • ATTRIB Statement: Windows
      • FILE Statement: Windows
      • FILENAME Statement: Windows
      • FOOTNOTE Statement: Windows
      • %INCLUDE Statement: Windows
      • INFILE Statement: Windows
      • LENGTH Statement: Windows
      • LIBNAME Statement: Windows
      • SYSTASK Statement: Windows
      • TITLE Statement: Windows
      • WAITFOR Statement: Windows
      • X Statement: Windows
    • SAS System Options under Windows
      • SAS System Options under Windows
      • Displaying SAS System Option Settings
      • Changing SAS System Option Settings
      • Processing System Options That Are Set in Several Places
      • Summary of System Options for Windows
      • ACCESSIBILITY System Option: Windows
      • ALTLOG System Option: Windows
      • ALTPRINT System Option: Windows
      • APPEND System Option: Windows
      • AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option: Windows
      • AUTHSERVER System Option: Windows
      • AUTOEXEC System Option: Windows
      • AWSCONTROL System Option: Windows
      • AWSDEF System Option: Windows
      • AWSMENU System Option: Windows
      • AWSMENUMERGE System Option: Windows
      • AWSTITLE System Option: Windows
      • BUFNO System Option: Windows
      • BUFSIZE System Option: Windows
      • CATCACHE System Option: Windows
      • CLEANUP System Option: Windows
      • COMDEF System Option: Windows
      • CONFIG System Option: Windows
      • DEVICE System Option: Windows
      • ECHO System Option: Windows
      • EMAILDLG System Option: Windows
      • EMAILSYS System Option: Windows
      • ENGINE System Option: Windows
      • ENHANCEDEDITOR System Option: Windows
      • FILELOCKWAITMAX= System Option: Windows
      • FILTERLIST System Option: Windows
      • FONT System Option: Windows
      • FONTALIAS System Option: Windows
      • FONTSLOC System Option: Windows
      • FORMCHAR System Option: Windows
      • FULLSTIMER System Option: Windows
      • HELPHOST System Option: Windows
      • HELPINDEX System Option: Windows
      • HELPLOC System Option: Windows
      • HELPREGISTER System Option: Windows
      • HELPTOC System Option: Windows
      • HOSTPRINT System Option: Windows
      • ICON System Option: Windows
      • INITSTMT System Option: Windows
      • INSERT System Option: Windows
      • JREOPTIONS System Option: Windows
      • LINESIZE System Option: Windows
      • LOADMEMSIZE System Option: Windows
      • LOG System Option: Windows
      • MAPS System Option: Windows
      • MAXMEMQUERY System Option: Windows
      • MEMBLKSZ System Option: Windows
      • MEMCACHE System Option: Windows
      • MEMLIB System Option: Windows
      • MEMMAXSZ System Option: Windows
      • MEMSIZE System Option: Windows
      • MSG System Option: Windows
      • MSGCASE System Option: Windows
      • MSYMTABMAX System Option: Windows
      • MVARSIZE System Option: Windows
      • NEWS System Option: Windows
      • NUMKEYS System Option: Windows
      • NUMMOUSEKEYS System Option: Windows
      • OBS System Option: Windows
      • PAGENO System Option: Windows
      • PAGESIZE System Option: Windows
      • PAPERTYPE System Option: Windows
      • PATH System Option: Windows
      • PFKEY System Option: Windows
      • PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN= System Option: Windows
      • PRINT System Option: Windows
      • PRNGETLIST System Option: Windows
      • PRTABORTDLGS System Option: Windows
      • PRTPERSISTDEFAULT System Option: Windows
      • PRTSETFORMS System Option: Windows
      • REALMEMSIZE System Option: Windows
      • REGISTER System Option: Windows
      • RESOURCESLOC System Option: Windows
      • RSASUSER System Option: Windows
      • RTRACE System Option: Windows
      • RTRACELOC System Option: Windows
      • SASAUTOS System Option: Windows
      • SASCONTROL System Option: Windows
      • SASHELP System Option: Windows
      • SASINITIALFOLDER System Option: Windows
      • SASUSER System Option: Windows
      • SCROLLBARFLASH System Option: Windows
      • SET System Option: Windows
      • SGIO System Option: Windows
      • SLEEPWINDOW System Option: Windows
      • SORTANOM System Option: Windows
      • SORTCUT System Option: Windows
      • SORTCUTP System Option: Windows
      • SORTDEV System Option: Windows
      • SORTNAME System Option: Windows
      • SORTPARM System Option: Windows
      • SORTPGM System Option: Windows
      • SORTSIZE System Option: Windows
      • SPLASH System Option: Windows
      • SPLASHLOC System Option: Windows
      • STIMEFMT System Option: Windows
      • STIMER System Option: Windows
      • SYSGUIFONT System Option: Windows
      • SYSIN System Option: Windows
      • SYSPARM System Option: Windows
      • SYSPRINT System Option: Windows
      • SYSPRINTFONT System Option: Windows
      • TOOLDEF System Option: Windows
      • UNIVERSALPRINT System Option
      • UPRINTMENUSWITCH System Option: Windows
      • USER System Option: Windows
      • USERICON System Option: Windows
      • VERBOSE System Option: Windows
      • WEBUI System Option: Windows
      • WINDOWSMENU System Option: Windows
      • WORK System Option: Windows
      • XCMD System Option: Windows
      • XMIN System Option: Windows
      • XSYNC System Option: Windows
      • XWAIT System Option: Windows
    • Length and Precision of Variables under Windows
      • Length and Precision of Variables under Windows
      • Numeric Variables
      • Character Variables
    • SAS Macro Facility under Windows
      • SAS Macro Facility under Windows
      • Automatic Macro Variables
      • Macro Statements
      • Macro Functions
      • Autocall Libraries
  • Appendixes
    • SCL Methods for Automating OLE Objects under Windows
      • Summary of OLE Class Methods
      • _COMPUTE_
      • _DISABLE_DEFAULT_ACTION_
      • _DO_
      • _ENABLE_DEFAULT_ACTION_
      • _EXECUTE_
      • _GET_EVENT_
      • _GET_PROPERTY_
      • _GET_REFERENCE_ID_
      • _GET_TYPE_
      • _IN_ERROR_
      • _NEW_
      • _SET_PROPERTY_
      • _UPDATE_
    • Error Messages for SAS under Windows
      • Overview of SAS Error Messages
      • Return Codes and Completion Status
      • Accessing Files
      • Using SAS Features
      • Using OLE
      • Using Networks
      • Resolving Internal Errors
      • Resolving Operating System and Windows Error Messages
      • Initialization and Termination Error Messages
    • Graphics Considerations under Windows
      • Using TrueType Fonts with SAS/GRAPH Software
    • Default Key Settings for Interactive SAS Sessions under Windows
      • Default Key Definitions under Windows
      • Keyboard Shortcuts within the SAS Main Window
      • Keyboard Shortcuts within the Enhanced Editor
      • Keyboard Shortcuts within Print Preview
    • SAS Disk Cleanup Handler
      • The SAS Disk Cleanup Handler Utility
      • Using the Disk Cleanup Handler
    • Troubleshooting Java Runtime Environment Errors
      • Troubleshooting Java Runtime Environment Errors
  • Recommended Reading
  • Glossary


ProductRelease
Base SAS9.3
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
July 2011
Last Updated
14Oct2014