SAS Software in the OpenVMS Environment

SAS Language Elements

The FONTLIST command, which lists available software fonts, is now specific to the OpenVMS environment.

RECFM=N is now supported for the FILE, FILENAME, and INFILE statements and the FILENAME function. RECFM=N specifies that the record format of the file is binary.

System Options

The default for the SEQENGINE system option has been changed to TAPE.
The REALMEMSIZE system option is not supported on OpenVMS.
The ENCODING system option, which specifies the default character-set encoding for external data, has been added.
The LOCALE system option, which reflects the local conventions, language and culture for a geographic region, has been added.
The NLSCOMPATMODE system option, which uses the default character-set encoding to process data, has been added.

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