Introduction to the Metadata API

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this manual, you should be familiar with

SCL (SAS Component Language), a programming language that controls SAS/AF applications and provides complete object-oriented programming constructs for creating an entire object-oriented application in SCL
the SAS/AF software development environment
SCL applications that use FRAME entries
the SAS application whose metadata you want to read or write.

To use the metadata API, you will need the following SAS products in addition to API software:

Base SAS software, Release 6.12 or later
SAS/AF software
SAS/GRAPH software--if you need to modify or write API software that includes a GUI
the SAS application whose metadata you want to read or write, such as SAS/Warehouse Administrator, Release 1.2 or later.

SCL applications that use the metadata API must run under Release 6.12 or later of SAS.