Generating Interactive Metagraphics Output

Using ODS With the JAVAMETA Device

The following steps use ODS to develop a Web presentation for the Metaview Applet. This particular example displays a single graph. The metacodes for that graph are embedded in the body of the HTML output file.

Specify the JAVAMETA device driver.
```
goptions reset=all device=javameta;
```
Close the LISTING destination to conserve resources.
```
ods listing close;
```
Open the HTML destination. You can also specify an HTML filename with the BODY= option. If you do not specify an HTML output filename, the default filename is
```
sashtml.htm
```
. The APPLETLOC= system option specifies the default location of the applet JAR files. If necessary, you can specify another location with the CODEBASE= option in the SAS program.
```
ods html body="filename.htm"
<codebase="location-of-jar-files">;
```
You can enhance your Web presentation by specifying other applet parameters, as described in Metaview Applet Parameters.

Include the SAS/GRAPH procedure code.

proc gchart data=sashelp.class;
   vbar height / group=age;
run; 
quit;

Close the HTML destination. You must close the HTML destination to generate output. (You may also want to reopen the LISTING destination.)
```
ods html close;
ods listing;
```

Submit the program to generate the HTML output file, which includes the metacodes generated by the JAVAMETA device.

When you view the HTML file in a Web browser, the Metaview applet renders the graph defined by the metacodes.

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