I just discovered an important (and potentially frustrating--as it was in my case) difference between DROP and KEEP.
When including a DROP or KEEP statement within the DATA statement (and before the INPUT statement), the KEEP statement prevents you from creating custom variables in the INFILE statement.
For example, I was trying to extract a 7-character numeric string from the end of an existing variable and put it into a new variable.
Through the process of elimination I determined that the KEEP statement disallows the creation of custom variables, while the DROP statement does not interfere with the addition of new variables.
The default for imported CSV files in EG4.3 appears to be the KEEP statement, so if you want to add custom variables within the preexisting generated EG4.3 code, you need to switch this KEEP statement to the DROP statement (and switch your variables accordingly).
I would be interesting to hear if someone has an easier way to work around this difference.
PQK