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Introduction to SAS/AF Software

Overview

SAS/AF software provides a set of tools that you can use to develop applications within the SAS System. SAS/AF applications provide interactive user interfaces to all the data access, management, analysis, and presentation features of SAS software.

SAS/AF applications are stored in SAS catalog entries. You use the BUILD procedure (or the BUILD command) in SAS/AF software to create the following types of catalog entries:

Other utility entry types can also be created to support your applications.

Although SAS/AF software is required for building applications, users do not need to license or install SAS/AF software in order to run the applications. The commands and procedure that launch SAS/AF applications are available in Base SAS software. Catalog entry types that provide a display run in the AF window, which supports its own set of window management commands in addition to any custom commands that your application supports.

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