st: Announcing SASdecoder 6.3

[David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net>]

Dear Statalisters:

I am a long-time active member of Statalist and I am seeking 
comment/review from Statalist members on software I've written for Stata.

SASdecoder (for Windows) translates SAS code for reading raw data and 
writes Stata dictionaries, Stata do-files, or Stat/Transfer schema 
files. The idea is to make it easier to use a raw dataset when given 
SAS code to read it.

Some of you may recall that I had posted a similar announcement 
several months ago. Today's announcement follows a new release, with 
some important improvements. Most notably, SASdecoder now accepts 
grouped format lists in input statements, as well as variable ranges 
(e.g., score1-score5) in a variety of contexts.

I am hoping that Statalisters will try it and then write back to 
Statalist with their comments -- positive, I hope, but most 
importantly, unbiased.

You can download it by going to

       http://www.essistant-software.com
or
       http://www.circlesys.com/stattransfer/sasdecoder.html

However, to run it with full functionality, you will need a license. 
Any Statalisters wishing to try SASdecoder with full functionality 
can write to me and I will gladly send a free demonstration license, 
valid for 30 days.

Obviously I have an agenda, but I really do think the software is 
useful in some situations.  I have received permission -- but not 
endorsement -- from Marcello Pagano, Statalist's administrator, for 
this posting.

I will not use comments with names attached in advertising without 
seeking your permission.

Thank you all for your kind attention to this. I look forward to 
seeing your responses.

-- David Kantor
kantor.d@att.net

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