Date:         Fri, 9 May 2003 14:50:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS/AF on the mainframe
Comments: To: Magnus Jansson <drgonzo3@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Magnus,

Although I've never done it myself, I'm a little skeptical about the claim
that SAS/AF frame entries cannot be used on a mainframe.  Maybe I missed
something somewhere, but I've never read it in the documentation or heard
anyone from SAS say it.  What I have heard and read would indicate the
opposite.  A quick search of the SAS notes at support.sas.com shows many
FRAME entry notes that pertain to mainframe operating systems as well as
others supported by SAS.

RandyHerbison@westat.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Jansson [mailto:drgonzo3@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:16 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: SAS/AF on the mainframe


For mainframe AF applications you cannot use frames, and that's the part of
AF that they teach nowadays. The original version 6 AF applications were
text-based. That part is called "program entries" and thats' what you need
to use to develop mainframe AF applications. It works just fine, and it is
portable!

Magnus Jansson
Infotrek
Sweden


Paula Sims <paula_sims00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<MPG.1924bdc712d819e49896dd@news.chi.sbcglobal.net>...
> Hello all,
> I need to write an interface program on the mainframe and it was
> suggested that SAS/AF was the cheapest (we already have the license)
> and "easiest" way to go. My only problem is that all the books I've
> glanced through seem to be focused on SAS/AF for Windows (or UNIX).
> Are there any book (or better, pre-written code) that I can review?
> How well do the Windows statements translate to the mainframe
> environment?
>
> Thanks