Hi All,
I have a SAS transport file with .xpt extension which is created at other site using proc cport in Windows OS with SAS V9 and downloaded at my site. I am trying to unpack this file using proc cimport in Windows OS and SAS V8 and it gives an error message 'Given transport file is bad'. I think this is because proc cport and proc cimport doesn't work for backward versions of SAS. The other procedure I can think of is using Xport engine with Proc copy to create transport files which works with backward versions of SAS. But I think that only works for SAS Dataset files not for SAS Formats and Catalogs. The other site have SAS Datasets, Formats and catalog files. Can anyone suggest what needs to be done to transport these files correctlyin one .xpt file?
Thanks & Regards,
Jigar.