SAS Language Elements

Commands

The following SAS commands are new:

• When a SAS window (such as the SAS Explorer window) contains a List view, you can resize the columns by using the DLGCOLUMNSIZE command. See DLGCOLUMNSIZE Command on page 331.

• Sort the columns in a List view by using the DLGCOLUMNSORT command. See DLGCOLUMNSORT Command on page 331.

• Three new docking view commands enable the docking view to be minimized, restored, and resized. See WDOCKVIEWMINIMIZE Command on page 358, WDOCKVIEWRESTORE Command on page 359, and WDOCKVIEWRESIZE Command on page 359.

• To change the active window to the editor window that was last edited, use the WPGM command. See WPGM Command on page 367.

Functions

The following have specific functionality in the Windows operating environment:

• The DINFO function, the DOPTNAME function, and the DOPTNUM function return directory information. See DINFO Function on page 390, DOPTNAME Function on page 392, and DOPTNUM Function on page 392.

• To delete an external file, use the FDELETE function . See FDELETE Function on page 393.

• Verify the existence of an external file by using either the FEXIST function or the FILEEXIST function. See FEXIST Function on page 394 and FILEEXIST Function on page 394.

• To assign or clear a fileref, use the FILENAME function. See FILENAME Function on page 395.

• Verify that a filref has been assigned by using the FILEREF function. See FILEREF Function on page 396.

• Obtain information about a file by using the FINFO function, the FOPTNAME function, and the FOPTNUM function. See FINFO Function on page 396, FOPTNAME Function on page 400, and FOPTNUM Function on page 402.

• To assign or clear a libref, use the LIBNAME function. See LIBNAME Function on page 403.

Statements

The following statements have been enhanced:

• Share files between the UNIX and Windows operating environments by using the TERMSTR host option. See FILE Statement on page 443, and INFILE Statement on page 453.

• ^Z is interpreted as character data and not as an end-of-file marker when you specify the IGNOREDOSEOF host option. See %INCLUDE Statement on page 451, FILENAME Statement on page 445, FILE Statement on page 443, and INFILE Statement on page 453.

System Options

The following system options are new:

• Accessibility features are extended for the Customize Tools dialog box and for some Properties dialog boxes. See ACCESSIBILITY System Option on page 482.

• If you create a customized table of contents and index for the SAS Help and Documentation, use the HELPTOC and HELPINDEX system options to specify the file location. See HELPTOC System Option on page 511 and HELPINDEX System Option on page 507.

• Use memory-based SAS libraries to improve SAS performance by using the MEMBLKSZ and MEMMAXSZ system options. See MEMBLKSZ System Option on page 519 and MEMMAXSZ System Option on page 522.

• Improve the access to menus by accessibility aids when you use the NOMENUICONS system option. See Improving Access to Menus on page 79

• The same destination printer can persist from one SAS session to another by using the PRTPERSISTDEFAULT system option. See PRTPERSISTDEFAULT System Option on page 536

• Stop the SLEEP window from displaying when you use the SLEEP function or the WAKEUP function by specifying the NOSLEEPWINDOW system option. See SLEEPWINDOW System Option on page 551.

• If you have SyncSort for Windows installed at your site, use these system option to specify sort options:

  • SORTPGM system option specifies to sort by using SyncSort for Windows. See SORTPGM System Option on page 555.

  • The SORTANOM system option enables you to specify SyncSort for Windows options. See SORTANOM System Option on page 551.

  • Use SORTCUT and SORTCUTP system options to specify the number of observations and bytes above which SyncSort for Windows is used instead of the SAS sort. See SORTCUT System Option on page 552 and SORTCUTP System Option on page 553.

  • Use the SORTDEV system option to specify a temporary directory for files that are created by SyncSort for Windows. See SORTDEV System Option on page 554.

  • The SORTPARM system option enables you to specify SyncSort parameters. See SORTPARM System Option on page 555.

• SSLCERTISS, SSLCERTSERIAL, SSLCERTSUBJ, SSLCLIENTAUTH, and SSLCRLCHECK are new system options that support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication. See SSLCERTISS System Option on page 559, SSLCERTSERIAL System Option on page 559, SSLCERTSUBJ System Option on page 560, SSLCLIENTAUTH System Option on page 561, and SSLCRLCHECK System Option on page 562.

• To enlarge text for easier readability, use the SYSGUIFONT system option. See Enlarging Fonts on page 78.

• The Universal Print commands are available from the File menu. See UPRINTMENUSWITCH System Option on page 570.

The following system option has been enhanced:

• The new default value for the SORTSIZE system option is MAX. See SORTSIZE System Option on page 556.

The EMAILID and EMAILPW options, which were previously available only in the Windows environment, are now available in all operating environments. See SAS Language Reference: Dictionary .

Macros

The SYSSCPL automatic macro variable returns a value for the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating environments. See Automatic Macro Variables on page 581.