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In this edition of the SAS Tech Report, we'll continue to highlight the top papers from SAS Global Forum. Greg McLean's paper will show you how to add extra precision to your GUI applications, and Candice Riley reports a method for accessing the SAS environment and sharing data from multiple platforms.

There's still time to register for PharmaSUG 2008 - the Pharmaceutical Industry SAS® Users Group Conference. The conference, held June 1-4, focuses on education and training. The keynote address, "Life Sciences and Analytics: SAS 2.0," will be given by David Handelsman, R&D Manager of the new SAS Health and Life Sciences Global Practice.And lastly, although it may seem far into the future, it's time to begin thinking about attending M2008 ­- the 11th annual SAS® Data Mining Conference. The conference will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Oct. 27-28, with pre-conference workshops Oct. 26 and post-conference training starting Oct. 29. Check out the links for other upcoming events as well.
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Global Forum Wrap: Highlighting Great Papers from the April Event
Over the next few issues we will be highlighting some of the most interesting papers presented at the SAS Global Forum. Get a list of award-winning papers or check out the complete list of 401 papers.
Great Forum Paper Series: Picture Perfect - Centering Frames in SAS/AF® »
Graphical user interface (GUI) applications, when done with precision, seem an almost invisible part of the user experience. But what if the GUI is off-center or has overlapping frames? Greg McLean's paper illustrates his simple method for centering GUI frames to improve user productivity, acceptability and ease of use.
Great Forum Paper Series: Getting SAS® to Play Nice with Others: Connecting SAS® to Microsoft SQL Server Using an ODBC Connection »
Candice Riley shows how to use SAS/ACCESS®, an ODBC connection and a couple of third-party tools to connect a Microsoft SQL Server from both PC and Linux environments to SAS and seamlessly share data without ever having to leave the SAS environment.
Create a New Data Set for each BY-Group Within the Larger Data Set »
This sample uses macro logic to determine the number of unique values of a variable (the BY variable) and creates a new data set for each.
When Do I Use a WHERE Statement vs. an IF Statement to Subset a Data Set? »
This tip shows you how and when to apply the WHERE and IF statements to get correct and reliable results. It also reviews the similarities and differences between these two SAS programming approaches.
Jackknife and Bootstrap Analyses »
The %JACK and %BOOT macros do jackknife and bootstrap analyses for simple random samples, computing approximate standard errors, bias-corrected estimates and confidence intervals assuming a normal sampling distribution.
FASTats: Frequently Asked-For Statistics »
Bookmark this statistics resource so that you'll easily locate it the next time you're in a quandary.
  Events

Pharmaceutical Industry SAS® Users Group (PharmaSUG) 2008 »
June 1 - 4
Atlanta
F2008 Conference »
June 2 - 3
Cary, NC
Discovery 2008 »
June 16 - 17
Cary, NC
Certification Exam Fair »
July 1 - 31
M2008 - 11th Annual SAS® Data Mining Conference »
October 27 - 28
Las Vegas

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