John, I have used ODS in SAS and you can generate the XLS into a PDSE file that is then send (via email or other FTP to a site) very easily.
>From the ODS manual With ODS, you can produce tabular output , which can be viewed with Excel. D\ Lizette > > I'm not sure, but looking at > http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/templateFAQ/Excel1.pdf > <quote> > There are several methods of generating Excel or spreadsheet files using the Output > Delivery System. The first method that we will discuss is using the HTML destination to > create the Excel or spreadsheet files. When you specify a procedure or data step > within the ODS HTML statement with the .XLS or .CSV extensions, Microsoft Excel is > opened in the Results Viewer. Excel is not an ODS destination and the fact that the file > is opened in Excel is partially a product of ODS. The Results Viewer attempts to open > the file based on the files registered extensions. By default the registered extensions > of .XLS and .CSV belong to Excel on the PC. > </quote> > it appears to me that SAS must be running on MS-Windows to generate a .xls output. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
