Date:         Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:03:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Enterprise Guide/Style Editor - was ODS RTF
Comments: To: JGerstle@SW.UA.EDU
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John Gerstle <JGerstle@SW.UA.EDU> wrote:

>Jack,
>        Wow..that's exactly what I was thinking.  But what is
>Enterprise Guide?  Is it a software package independent of SAS or
>another (expensive) module of SAS?

It's another expensive module of SAS.  Actually, Enterprise Guide
itself isn't expensive, but it requires the Integration Technologies
module on the server, and IT is *very* expensive.  I'm not directly
involved in the purchasing process, but I seem to recall that it more or
less doubled our license fees.

>If it will become a part of
>Base in SAS 9, that would be incredibly useful.

I haven't heard anything about when it might become part of SAS.  EG is
a Windows program, so the Style Editor, like the Enhanced Editor, might
not be available on other platforms.  But at least they've written the
code and figured out what they have to do, so it's at least conceivable
that they might port it.

>Looks like ODS
>DOCUMENTS might be just as useful.  When is SAS 9 coming out
>again?

Probably by SUGI.  A bit of ODS DOCUMENT is available in version 8.






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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Manager, Technical Development
METRICS Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA