Supported programs and features
| Lotus 1-2-3 | Paradox |
| Microsoft Access (Versions 2.0 through Office XP version) | Quattro Pro for DOS and Windows |
| dBASE (all versions) | R |
| Delimited ASCII | S-PLUS (now supported through version 7) |
| Delimited ASCII with a Stat/Transfer SCHEMA file | SAS CPORT datasets and catalogs (read only) |
| Epi Info | SAS for Unix—HP, IBM, Sun |
| Excel worksheets (all versions, including Excel 2007) | SAS for Unix—DEC Alpha |
| Fixed format ASCII | SAS for Windows and OS/2 |
| FoxPro | SAS PC/DOS 6.04 (read only) |
| GAUSS (Windows and Unix) | SAS Transport |
| JMP | SAS Value Labels |
| LIMDEP | SAS Version 7—9 |
| MATLAB | SPSS Datafiles (Windows and Unix) |
| Mineset | SPSS Portable Files |
| Minitab | Stata (all versions, including 10) |
| NLOGIT | Statistica (Windows only) |
| ODBC data sources (Oracle, Sybase, Informix, etc.) | SYSTAT (Windows and Macintosh) |
| OSIRIS (read-only) |
Stat/Transfer 9 features
- Worksheet pages can be concatenated into a single output file.
- Value label tags and sets can be preserved.
- SAS value labels can now be read form transport files, CPORT files, datasets, and catalogs.
- JMP support has been expanded.
- Users can specify any delimiter for ASCII files and can combine adjacent black delimiters.
- Generated programs and ASCII files can now preserve input widths.
- In R and S-Plus, factors can now be converted to numeric variables with labels to string variables.
- Support for longer string variables and longer value and variable labels has been added; Stat/Transfer is compatible with the limits of all supported programs.
- A built-in logging and FTP facility is now available for troubleshooting.
- Full compatibility with Microsoft Vista.
- Data viewer allows you to preview data in a scrollable grid before you perform your transfer.
- Option to control the version and "flavor" of the output Stata dataset that will be written by Stat/Transfer.
- Web self-update (Windows version).
- Wildcards for tables and worksheet pages (move multiple tables in a single command).
- Complete online documentation.
- Preserves all of the precision of your data.
- Support for extended (.A—.Z) missing values in Stata and SAS.
- Produces HTML tables from data.
- Automatically selects appropriate output dataset storage types.
- Automatically optimizes output dataset storage types.
- Allows manual control over output dataset storage types.
- Produces missing values automatically.
- Preserves variable names, value labels, and variable labels.
- Supports value labels for string variables.
- Allows selection of subsets of variables and cases for transfer.
- Allows choice of worksheet page.
- Runs in both menu-driven and batch modes.
- Optionally enter transfer commands with copy-like syntax.
- Optionally build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers.
- Extensive options for customization.
- Handles up to 8,000 variables; no limit on observations.
Command processor features
- The command processor now has a flexible syntax for specifying input and output tables simultaneously.
- The command processor now allows multiple input files to be combined into a single output file.
- Automatic wildcard transfers (e.g., copy *.dta *.sd2).
- Build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers.
- Directly zip files or run other DOS or Windows programs.
- Enter transfer commands with a copy-like syntax.
- Keep or drop processing for field selection.
- Save ODBC information for prompt-free connections.
Date/time support
- Time and date-time types.
- User-configurable formats for both reading and writing.
- Fully Year-2000 (and Year-1600) compliant.
User interface features
- Quick variable selection using wildcards and ranges.
- More control over how worksheet ranges and field names are read.
- Easy output path selection using a most-recently-used list.
- More control over how user-missing values are processed.