Re: Proc report ODS RTF line statements make page wrap

Unfortunately, it is a known bug for v8.2. Try to run your code on v9.13 and
see what happens, I bet it's going to be fine.

As to the page number, that trick only works when you put it
in the footnote statement, by default, it goes to the hearder/footer
area in a word file, which can be intepreted by WORD and rendered as
'page xx of xx'. It won't work when used in line statement.

Oh, yes, RTF code is quite different within proc report for the reason
that rtf is a different format in so many ways compare to a plain text
file. To full grasp rtf, you have to basically learn a new programming
language, that's another 'unfortunately'.

Kind regards,

Ya

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:59:08 -0800, David Ryerson <ryersond@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I am using v8.2 in windows creating a report w/ ods
>RTF.
>
>I am having a problem with my line statements in the
>compute block making my columns wrap. In other words,
>if my line statement gets too long (only like 1/3 of
>the way across the page) the columns to the right
>start to wrap and are printed on the following page
>which is no good. Part of what makes this so
>frustrating is that I have been forced to include
>footnotes this way and want to have a line that goes
>all the way across the page using the line statement.
>As it is the line can only reach about 1/3 of the way
>before it starts to mess up the way the columns are
>printed;
>
>Here is my code:
>
>proc report... yada yada yada...
>
>break after page/suppress page;
> compute after page;
> line @1 "&line";
>/*the preceding statement creates a line using the
>following code in a data step above:
> line=repeat('_',90);
> call symput("line",line);*/
>
> line @1 '*S={font_size=9pt} footnote #1.';
> line @1 '*S={font_size=9pt} footnote #2.';
> endcomp;
>run;
>
>
>Another question:
>
>The SAS support center suggests using the following
>RTF code for pagination:
>
>ods listing close;
> ods rtf file="temp.rtf";
> proc print data=sashelp.class;
> footnote j=r "{\field{\*\fldinst {\b\i PAGE
>}}}\~
> {\b\i of}\~{\field{\*\fldinst{\b\i
>NUMPAGES }}}";
> run;
> proc print data=sashelp.class;
> run;
> ods rtf close;
>
>When I use this RTF code in a blank editor it works
>fine, but when I try to use it in a line statement
>within a compute block in my report it doesn't work.
>
>Would RTF code be different within proc report for
>some reason?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Dave Ryerson
>
>
>
>
>
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