SAS Software in the Microsoft Windows Environment

SAS Language Elements

The following SAS commands have been enhanced:

In the COMMAND command, the new FOCUS argument places the window focus in the command bar regardless of whether the command bar is docked to the main SAS window or undocked and contained in a separate window.
The SUBTOP command is now supported in the Enhanced Editor as well as in the Program Editor.
In the FILE and INCLUDE commands, the new ENCODING argument specifies a character-set encoding for processing external data that is in a different language.
In the FILE and INCLUDE commands, the file-specification argument now accepts filerefs.
In the FILE and INCLUDE commands, the host option IGNOREDOSEOF specifies that ^Z is interpreted as character data and not as an end-of-file marker.

The documentation for the following CALL routine has been updated:

The SYSSCPL automatic macro variable returns a value for the Windows Millennium Edition operating environment.

The following SAS statements have been enhanced:

In the FILENAME, FILE, and INFILE statements, the new ENCODING option specifies a character-set encoding for processing external data that is in a different language.
In the %INCLUDE, FILENAME, FILE, and INFILE statements, the host option IGNOREDOSEOF specifies that ^Z is interpreted as character data and not as an end-of-file marker.

The following system options have been enhanced:
- The default value for SGIO is now NOSGIO.
- DBCSTYPE now accepts WINDOWS as an alias for the PCMS character-set encoding method.
- The default value for SASUSER has been modified to include (as part of the path) a Windows variable whose value is a user's Personal folder or My Documents folder.