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.

Functions and CALL Routines

The following SAS function has been enhanced:

COLLATE

generates a collating sequence character string. The 200-character restriction has been removed.
The following SAS functions and CALL routines are no longer supported:
- HOSTHELP
- CALL ANSI2OEM
- CALL OEM2ANSI

Macros

The following SAS automatic macro variables are new:

SYSCC: contains the current SAS condition code that SAS returns to OS/2 when you exit SAS.
SYSMAXLONG: returns the maximum long integer value that is allowed under OS/2.

Procedures

The following SAS procedure is no longer supported:

V5TOV6

Statements

The following SAS statements are new:

SYSTASK: executes, lists, or terminates asynchronous tasks.
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:

the V8 engine was added as the current BASE engine
the V7 engine was added to access Version 7 data sets.
the V6 engine was added to access the data sets for Release 6.04 and Release 6.06 through Release 6.12 .

New host options for the LIBNAME statement include

SHORTFILEEXT
LONGFILEEXT

FILENAME

associates a SAS fileref with an external file or logical file device. The FILENAME statement now supports wildcard characters.

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.
WEXITSAVE: toggles the Save settings on exit feature.
WHIDECURSOR: toggles hiding the cursor in non-input windows.
WNAVKEYUNMARK: toggles the setting to unmark text using navigational keys.
WSCREENTIPS: toggles the ScreenTips on and off.

System Options

The following SAS system options are new:

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 OS/2 printer is to be used for printing.

LONGFILTER

specifies an alternative set of file filter specifications to use for the Open and Save As dialog windows.

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.

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:
- the V8 engine was added as the current BASE engine
- the V6 engine was added to access Release 6.08 through Release 6.12 data sets, replacing the V608, V609, V610, V611, and V612 engines.
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 OS/2:

CBUFNO

MSGLEVEL

NEWS

SYNCHIO

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