GDEVICE Procedure
MODIFY Statement
Changes the values in a device entry.
| Restriction: | Not valid in browse mode. |
| Requirement: | You must have Write access to the current catalog to modify a device entry. You must specify the CATALOG= option in the PROC GDEVICE statement to have Write access to the current catalog. |
| See: | Creating or Modifying Device Entries |
Syntax
MODIFY device-entry parameter(s);
Required Arguments
- device-entry
-
specifies the one-level name of the device entry that you want to modify.Restriction:The entry must exist in the current catalog.
- parameter(s)
-
are the parameters that you want to modify. These can be any of the parameters that you can specify with the ADD statement, whether listed as required or optional for the ADD statement. See ADD Statement for more information. Refer to Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary for a description of each parameter.
Details
To modify a device entry,
create your own catalog and then copy the device entries that you
need into it. You can then change your personal copies of the device
entries without affecting the original drivers in SASHELP.DEVICES.
(To copy device entries, use either the COPY statement, the COPY command
that is available after you select Import Device Entry from
the DIRECTORY` window's File menu, or the
CATALOG procedure, which is part of Base SAS.)
CAUTION:
Be careful
when modifying device entries in program mode.
In program mode, you
cannot cancel any modifications that you have just made. To change
a value that you have modified, you must use another MODIFY statement
to replace the original value or reset it to its default. (In the
GDEVICE windows, you can type the CANCEL command in the command line
to cancel changes that you have made to the fields.)