Date:         Thu, 23 Apr 1998 02:34:50 GMT
Reply-To:     Kurt Salmela <diffsimilar@WAVEFRONT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Kurt Salmela <diffsimilar@WAVEFRONT.COM>
Organization: DiffSimilar Analytics
Subject:      How to use DDE in SAS to read MS Access
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A SAS for Microsoft Windows question regarding DDE
using SAS as the server and Microsoft Access as the client.
 
I've read and wrote Microsoft Excel spreadsheets using
DDE and would like to at least read Microsoft Access
tables or queries in a similar fashion. I've gotten
as far as getting SAS to open the correct Access table
or query, but don't know how to get the data transfer
started.
 
Is it possible?  I was trying to see if it can be done
without having to license yet another SAS product
to read a common PC file format and not going through
ASCII conversions.
 
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Kurt Salmela,
Statistical data analysis for direct marketers and
marketing researchers.
On the web at: http://www.wavefront.com/~diffsimilar
e-mail: diffsimilar@wavefront.com
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