Base SAS Software: General Features

SAS Output: Output Delivery System

The following ODS statements are now available:
- The ODS _ALL_ CLOSE statement closes all open ODS output destinations, including the Listing destination.
- The ODS ESCAPECHAR statement enables you to apply simple formatting to a cell or paragraph in ODS output.
- The ODS PROCLABEL statement enables you to change a procedure label in the table of contents.
- The ODS RESULTS statement displays ODS output in the Results window.
For all destinations except the Output and Listing destinations, the following style attributes are now supported:
- BACKGROUNDIMAGE specifies an image to use as the background for your output.
- PREIMAGE specifies an image to place before a table or cell.
- POSTIMAGE specifies an image to place after a table or cell.
The ODS HTML statement now supports the ID= option, which enables you to run multiple instances of the same destination at the same time.
The ODS PATH statement now supports the following actions and path arguments. The actions enable you to place one or more locations in the ODS path or to remove one or more locations from the ODS path.
- APPEND adds one or more locations to the end of a path.
- PREPEND adds one or more locations to the beginning of a path.
- REMOVE removes one or more locations from the path.
The path arguments set or display the ODS path.
- RESET sets the ODS path to the default setting SASUSER.TEMPLAT (UPDATE) SASHELP.TMPLMST (READ).
- SHOW displays the current ODS path.
- VERIFY sets the ODS path to include only templates that SAS supplies. VERIFY is the same as specifying ODS PATH SASHELP.TMPLMST (READ).
The ODS PRINTER statement now supports the following options:
- The DISPLAY= option opens, manages, or closes the DISPLAY destination.
- The ID= option enables you to run multiple instances of the same destination at the same time.
- The PCL= option opens, manages, or closes the PCL destination.
- The PDF= option opens, manages, or closes the PDF destination.
- The PS= option opens, manages, or closes the PostScript destination.
- The STARTPAGE= option controls page breaks.
The ODS RTF statement now supports the following options:
- The ID= option enables you to run multiple instances of the same destination at the same time.
- The STARTPAGE= option controls page breaks.
PROC TEMPLATE has been enhanced as follows:
- New access modes have been added for the STORE= option:
  - READ provides read-only access.
  - WRITE provides write access (always creating a new template store). If the store name already exists, it will be overwritten.
  - UPDATE provides update access (creating a new template store only if the one that is specified does not exist). UPDATE is the default access mode.
- New PATH statement actions enable you to place one or more locations in the ODS path or to remove one or more locations from the path:
  - APPEND adds one or more locations to the end of a path.
  - PREPEND adds one or more locations to the beginning of a path.
  - REMOVE removes one or more locations from a path.
- New PATH statement path arguments set or display the ODS path:
  - RESET sets the ODS path to the default setting SASUSER.TEMPLAT (UPDATE) SASHELP.TMPLMST (READ).
  - SHOW displays the current ODS path.
  - VERIFY sets the ODS path to include only templates that SAS supplies. VERIFY is the same as specifying ODS PATH SASHELP.TMPLMST (READ).

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