OVP System Option

Specifies whether overprinting of error messages to make them bold, is enabled.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LOGCONTROL
Note: This option cannot be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

Syntax

Syntax Description

OVP
specifies that overprinting of error messages is enabled.
NOOVP
specifies that overprinting of error messages is disabled. This is the default.

Details

When OVP is specified, error messages are emphasized when SAS overprints the error message two additional times with overprint characters.
When output is displayed to a monitor, OVP is overridden and is changed to NOOVP.

See Also

The SAS Log in SAS Language Reference: Concepts