Dictionary of ODS Language Statements

ODS PS Statement

Opens, manages, or closes the PS destination, which produces PostScript (PS) output.

Valid:	anywhere
Category:	ODS: Third-Party Formatted
Interaction:	By default, when you execute a procedure that uses the FORMCHAR system option (for example, PROC PLOT or PROC CHART), ODS formats the output in SAS Monospace font. If you are creating output that will be viewed in an operating environment where SAS software is not installed, this output will not display correctly, because without SAS, the SAS Monospace font is not recognized. To make your document display correctly, include the following statement before your SAS program: OPTIONS FORMCHAR="\|----\|+\|---+=\|-/\<>*";

Syntax
Without an Action or Options
Actions
Options
Details
	Opening and Closing the PS Destination
See Also

CAUTION:: When you are producing PostScript output, verify that your online viewer or printer is set to use the same paper size as the value that is specified by the OPTIONS PAPERSIZE= statement. Otherwise, some parts of your output might appear to be missing.

ODS PS Action Summary Table
Task	Action
Close the PCL destination and the file that is associated with it	CLOSE
Exclude output objects from the PCL destination	EXCLUDE
Select output objects for the PCL destination	SELECT
Write to the SAS log the current selection or exclusion list for the PCL destination	SHOW

ODS PS Option Summary Table
Task	Option
Specify the root name for the anchor tag that identifies each output object in the current file	ANCHOR=
Insert the text string that you specify as the author in the metadata of a file	AUTHOR=
Specify a string to use as the first part of all references that ODS creates in the file	BASE=
Specify whether to generate and display the list of bookmarks for a PS file	BOOKMARKLIST=
Control the generation of bookmarks in a PS file	BOOKMARKGEN=
Apply a specified color scheme to your output	COLOR=
Specify the number of columns to create on each page of output	COLUMNS=
Specify a cascading style sheet to apply to your output	CSSSTYLE=
Specify the image resolution for output files	DPI=
Specify the file to write to	FILE=
Open multiple instances of the same destination at the same time	ID=
Insert a string of keywords into the output file's metadata	KEYWORDS=
Create a new file at the specified starting-point	NEWFILE=
Specify that the output from the destination be added to an ODS package	PACKAGE
Insert special markup which is used when converting a PostScript file to a PDF file	PDFMARK
Control whether notes are added to a PDF file for items that are associated with the FLYOVER= style attribute	PDFNOTE
Control page breaks	STARTPAGE=
Specify the style definition to use in writing the PS output	STYLE=
Insert text into your output	TEXT=
For multipage tables, ensure uniformity from page to page within a single table	UNIFORM

The ODS PS statement is part of the ODS printer family of statements. Statements in the printer family open the PCL, PDF, PRINTER, or PS destination, producing output that is suitable for a high-resolution printer. The ODS PCL, ODS PDF, and ODS PRINTER statements are also members of the ODS printer family of statements.

Opening and Closing the PS Destination

You can modify an open PS destination with many ODS PS options. However, the FILE=, PDFMARK, and SAS options will automatically close the open destination that is referred to in the ODS PS statement and will also close any files associated with it, and then open a new instance of the destination. If you use one of these options, it is best if you explicitly close the destination yourself.

ODS PS Statement

Syntax

Without an Action or Options

Actions

Options

Opening and Closing the PS Destination