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PROC GIS MAP ACTION Statement

The PROC GIS MAP ACTION statement has been changed to enable you to create, replace and update actions. In addition, arguments have been added to enable you to create specific action types:

CREATE: makes a new action
REPLACE: replaces a specified action
TYPE: specifies the type of action to be created or updated
LINK: specifies a link to an attribute table
OUT: specifies an output data table name
OUTMODE: specifies how the output data table will be written to
SCREEN: specifies a screen catalog entry to be used by FSBROWSE as a result of a BROWSE type action
FORMULA: specifies a formula catalog entry to be used by FSVIEW as a result of a VIEW type action
IMAGEVAR: specifies the name of the variable in the link data table that contains the image to display for the currently selected feature
SOURCE: specifies the location of the source code for a program action
MAPVAR: specifies the name of the variable in the link data table containing the name of the map to open when a feature is selected
COMMAND: specifies the command or a variable in a linked data table to be executed when either a command action or a system command action is run
REDISTRICTVAR: specifies the value in the linked data table that contains the name of the value upon which redistricting is based
REDISTRICTLAYER: specifies the name of the polygonal layer to be rethemed by the redistricting action
SUMMARYVAR: specifies one or more numeric variables to display in the redistricting window when a redistrict action is executed

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