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menaka_b
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

Could someone help me to convert a 32 bit windows SAS macro catalog file to 64 bit Windows?

 

Thanks

Menaka

 

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Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You can't.  You would need to re-compile the catlog from source code.  This is one very good reason to never use compiled proprietary file formats - always use plain open file formats.  We have a whole load of old studies done by third parties, where because of "IP" they have compiled their macros to catalogs, and do not provide source.  We are stuck, and have to rebuild anything from them from scratch.  SAS provides no method of moving from 32 to 64 bit on catalogs/formats etc.

Again, and I can't say this strongly enough, use plain open file formats.  Text, CSV, XML, etc.  Datasets are not too bad obviously as there is little change across systems, but anything else... 

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You can't.  You would need to re-compile the catlog from source code.  This is one very good reason to never use compiled proprietary file formats - always use plain open file formats.  We have a whole load of old studies done by third parties, where because of "IP" they have compiled their macros to catalogs, and do not provide source.  We are stuck, and have to rebuild anything from them from scratch.  SAS provides no method of moving from 32 to 64 bit on catalogs/formats etc.

Again, and I can't say this strongly enough, use plain open file formats.  Text, CSV, XML, etc.  Datasets are not too bad obviously as there is little change across systems, but anything else... 

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