topic Proc Pwencode in SAS Programming

Proc Pwencode

Toffeeman — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:06:00 GMT

proc pwencode in='my password';
run;

FILENAME PwdFile "d:\book1.xls" ;
PROC PWENCODE IN='myPassword' OUT= PwdFile ;
RUN ;

Note:

I run the above codes and have encoded the file (attached). If I receive the excel and have in non-SAS environment, may i know how to decode the excel file?

Re: Proc Pwencode

pearsoninst — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:08:48 GMT

Did you mean how to decode the password ?

Re: Proc Pwencode

pulkit — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:50:14 GMT

The excel file itself is a normal excel file and can be opened anywhere. As for the password, it cannot be decoded outside the sas environment.