I *had* heard about a utility that allows you to view SAS datasets and catalogs even if you don't have SAS installed - I've now discovered it on the CD-ROM for the 6.11 Release.

For Windows users you can view SAS datasets/catalogs created as far back as 6.04 also cross-platform datasets if you license SAS/CONNECT including HTTP and FTP protocols.

It's got a real spreadsheet feel to it, a bit like the Open Table command described on SAS-L a while back. I just wonder why FSView doesn't look like this.

With Win95 you can use the Open File dialog box as if you were selecting a SAS program to edit but instead try a right-click on a dataset and choose SASView to get the 'spreadsheet look'.

The documentation suggests that it is freely distributable too.

Now all I have to consider is whether to renew my FSP licence at the end of the year :-)

Nelson. P.S. Hope this *was* news to a few SAS-Lers