Basic Operation of SAS

The basic operation of SAS has been enhanced as follows :

• You can store a customized configuration file in the Windows user profile folder. During invocation, SAS searches this folder for a configuration file named either SASV9.CFG or .SASV9.CFG. See Creating a Customized Configuration File on page 14.

• Performance can be improved by processing SAS data in memory-based SAS libraries. See Memory-Based Libraries on page 199.

• Use Secure Sockes Layer (SSL) for secure networks. See Appendix 3, Using SSL under Windows, on page 605 and the SAS/CONNECT User s Guide .

• SAS can now sort data by using SyncSort for Windows if you have Syncsort installed at your site. See Using Syncsort for Windows on page 437.

• To use the same destination printer (not the default printer) from one SAS session to the next , use the PRTPERSISTDEFAULT system option when you start SAS. See Changing the Printer on page 169 and PRTPERSISTDEFAULT System Option on page 536.

• To send an e-mail attachment with records that contain more than 256 characters , the ATTACH email-option in the FILENAME, EMAIL statement now supports the LRECL and RECFM options. See Using the DATA Step or SCL to Send E-mail on page 44.

• When you attach the contents of the Results Viewer to an e-mail message, the file is attached according to its file type of either .html or .rtf. See Sending the Contents of a Window by E-mail on page 43.

• In 64 “bit operating environments, the V6 engine is a read-only engine. See Using SAS Files from Other Versions with SAS 9.1 for Windows on page 136.

• New keyboard shortcuts are available for resizing the docking view and displaying property sheets from a window that contains a Tree view or a List view. See Appendix 5, Default Key Settings for Interactive SAS Sessions, on page 615.

• If a fatal error occurs during SAS initialization or termination and the MSG dialog box is not available or the SAS log is not open , error messages are written to the SAS console log. See What If SAS Does Not Start? on page 12 and Ending Your SAS Session on page 29.