SAS 9.4 Language Reference, 6th Edition

The following new features and enhancements have been added:

• DATA step processing in CAS. For more information, see DATA step processing in

CAS in SAS Cloud Analytic Services: DATA Step Programming.

• provides multithreaded processing of distributed and non-distributed data

• provides reading and writing of in-memory tables in CAS

• CAS LIBNAME statement

• provides DATA step access to CAS tables and to multithreaded processing in

CAS. For more information, see CAS LIBNAME Statement.

• provides access to the new VARCHAR data type, a varying length data type for

character strings. For more information, see “VARCHAR Data Type” in SAS

Cloud Analytic Services: Language Reference.

• Other new SAS language elements, including SAS language elements for CAS and

CAS-specific language elements.

SAS System Features

Universal Printing

The following features are new in SAS 9.4:

• You can animate multi-page GIF images and SVG files.

• SAS can now create TIFF images, and the EMFPlus and EMFDual metafile formats.

• Transparency is supported for EMF Universal Printers and GIF images that are

printed using the PostScript Universal Printer.

• You can add a printer’s mark that is not visible in Universal Printing output by using

the COLOPHON= system option.

• SVG documents can be magnified by setting the SVGMAGNIFYBUTTON system

option. SAS embeds a magnify tool in the document when the SVG document is

created.

See “Creating TIFF Images Using Universal Printing” on page 343.

Fonts

• In SAS 9.4, the following TrueType fonts were added, replacing the fonts shown in

the second column:

New Font Replaces This Font

Arial Unicode MS Monotype Sans WT

Times New Roman Uni Thorndale Duospace WJ

CSongGB18030C_Light Sim Sun

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New Font Replaces This Font

MYingHei_18030_C-Medium Sim Hei

CSongGB19030-LightHWL NSimSun

MYingHei_18030C-MediumHWL Sim Hei

• In SAS 9.4M2, font slanting and emboldening features are new. If you specify italic

or bold styles on a universal printer font that does not have italic or bold, the font

will display as slanted or bold. See “Slanting and Emboldening Fonts” on page 295.

• In SAS 9.4M3, the following Avenir Next Fonts were added for the Latin and

Cyrillic character sets. These fonts were replaced with AvenirNextforSAS fonts in

SAS 9.4M5.

Avenir Next Fonts for the Latin

Character Set

Avenir Next Fonts for the Cyrillic

Character Set

Avenir Next LT W04 Regular Avenir Next Cyr W04 Regular

Avenir Next LT W04 Italic Avenir Next Cyr W04 Italic

Avenir Next LT W04 Demi Avenir Next Cyr W04 Demi

Avenir Next LT W04 Demi Italic Avenir Next Cyr W04 Demi Italic

Avenir Next LT W04 Light Avenir Next Cyr W04 Light

Avenir Next LT W04 Light Italic Avenir Next Cyr W04 Light Italic

Avenir Next is a sans-serif TrueType font family characterized as a modern typeface

designed for on-screen display. Its ancestors are primarily the Futura and Univers

typefaces.

• In SAS 9.4M4, the following Helvetica Fonts were added. These fonts were replaced

with AvenirNextforSAS fonts in SAS 9.4M5.

New Helvetica Fonts

Helvetica LT Pro Regular

Helvetica LT Pro Italic

Helvetica LT Pro Bold

Helvetica LT Pro Bold Italic

Helvetica LT Pro Light

Helvetica LT Pro Light Italic

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