What's New in the SAS 9.4 Windows Companion
Overview
SAS under Windows enables
you to complete your data and computation tasks in SAS while integrating
with the Windows applications that are already in place on your desktop,
within your desktop, and within your enterprise. SAS supports information
sharing through Windows tools and techniques.
General Enhancements
The following enhancements
are implemented for SAS 9.4:
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References to the GIMPORT procedure
have been removed. GIMPORT does not work with the new TrueType fonts.
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An appendix, Troubleshooting Java
Runtime Environment Errors, has been removed. The instructions are
in the SAS note that is located at http://support.sas.com/kb/48/548.html.
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The default value of the LRECL=
option is 32767.
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A chapter, “Using Lotus
Notes to Distribute SAS Data under Windows,” has been removed.
Lotus Notes is not supported on WX6.
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In the first
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, details have been
added in support of Windows 32-bit architecture.
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Also, in the
first
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the accessibility
topic was removed. The revised
accessibility
topic is available on the Base product page.
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In the
first
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, an appendix
Sasiotest Utility has been added.
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In the
fourth
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the following
enhancements have been made:
Documentation Enhancements
The documentation for
the TOOLSMENU and VIEWMENU system options is now located in the SAS Companion for Windows. The documentation was removed from the SAS System Options: Reference.
Cleanwork Utility
In the
second
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the Cleanwork utility was updated. It is now a console-based application
and is installed as part of Base SAS in the SASROOT
directory. For more information, see
Cleanwork Utility.
In the fourth
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, this note was
added: The Cleanwork utility is available beginning with the second
maintenance release of SAS 9.4.
Functions
In the
first
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the following interaction was added to the PEEKLONG function: “When
a SAS
server is in a locked-down state, the PEEKLONG function does not execute.” For more information,
see
PEEKLONG Function: Windows.
Statements
In the
second
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the following
FILENAME statement access methods are not available when SAS is in
a locked-down state. For more information, see the
FILENAME statement.
However, your server administrator can re-enable the access method so that it is accessible
in the locked-down
state.
System Options
The following system
options are new:
Aligns the pages of
data in a SAS data set.
Sets the number of
seconds that SAS waits for a locked file to become available.
Specifies to write
additional operating environment information in the SAS log when SAS
starts.
In the
second
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the default value
was changed to 1G in the SORTSIZE option. For more information see
SORTSIZE System Option: Windows.
In the
third
maintenance release for SAS 9.4, the default value for the MVARSIZE system option was changed to 65534
bytes. For more information, see
MVARSIZE System Option: Windows.
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