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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:15:25 EST
- Reply-To: Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
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- From: Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
- Subject: Microfiche
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- CONTENT: Summary
- SUMMARY: SAS can work with PTFORM to produce microfiche
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- Some time ago ago I asked:
-
- > Does anyone have any experience routing SAS output to
- > micofiche, in particular with the EZFORM/PTFORM package
- > from DatagraphiX?
-
- I received helpful responses from John Breed, Phil Miller,
- and James Ssemakula. John's was particularly specific, and
- confirmed for me that my tentative strategy (to capture SAS
- print output on disk and post-process with PTFORM) was the
- right one.
-
- Implementing the PTFORM job step was a little rough; the
- syntax and style for coding specs are modeled on IBM JCL :-(
- and the manual leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately, I
- was able to design my SAS output in a way which simplified
- the PTFORM phase. In particular, I used a DATA step to
- generate a two-column layout and echoed the first and last
- keys appearing on each page in fixed positions (phone-book
- style). This made the PTFORM specs to pick up indexing and
- titling information relatively simple.
-
- I learned (no surprise) that some people who formerly used
- microforms now use digital media instead. The information
- which I am now recording on microfiche is actually available
- on CD-ROM through the Commerce Department's National Trade
- Data Bank. The catch is that the mastering, reproduction,
- and distribution of the NTDB disks delays availability for a
- couple of weeks. I can generate microfiche within a day or
- two, so at the very least it serves to make data available
- in the interim.
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