importing data and says "the selected file is invalid"

[julia7]

The data I want to import is in my myFolders folder but it will not import.

I am trying to import data, so I saved it into my myFolders folder on my desktop but when I try to import it in sas, it just says the selected file is invalid. 

[Tom]

What kind of file is that .dat file? How you try to "import" it?

[julia7]

It is just a raw data file, and I am going into the import data drop down from the top left button on SAS university edition. It prompts me to select a file from my computer, and I select a file from my myfolders folder I have connected to SAS through virtualbox, but when I select import it says invalid.

[Kurt_Bremser]

I guess that SAS does not know (from the extension) what to do with the file. .dat is an extension used for a LOT of file formats.

If it is a text file, you can use proc import with the proper dbms= value; or (preferred) just write a data step to read it.

What does the documentation you received with the file say?