QDEVICE Procedure

Creating a SYMBOL Report

A SYMBOL report produces a report of the hardware symbols that are supported by the specified device.

About SYMBOL Report Variables

For a description of the variables, see SYMBOL Report Variables.

The following table lists the variables that you can use in a SYMBOL report as well as the labels for the variables that are used either in the SAS log or the output data set. If you do not specify the VAR statement, the variables appear in the order that they appear in the table.

Variable	SAS Log Label	Output Data Set Label
NAME	Output data set	NAME OF DEVICE OR PRINTER
DESC	Description	DESCRIPTION OF DEVICE OR PRINTER
NAMETYPE	Type	TYPE OF DEVICE OR PRINTER
LOCATION	Device Catalog for a device Registry for a printer	LOCATION OF DEVICE OR PRINTER DEFINTION
PROTOTYPE	Prototype	PRINTER PROTOTYPE
SYMBOL	Supported Hardware Symbols Unsupported Hardware Symbols	HARDWARE SYMBOL NAME
SUPPORT	Support	DEVICE OPTION SUPPORT

Example: SYMBOL Report

The following QDEVICE procedure creates a SYMBOL report for the CGM device, reporting the supported hardware symbols because the default for SUPPORT is YES:

proc qdevice report=symbol;
   device cgm;
run;

Here is the SYMBOL report in the SAS log:

235  proc qdevice report=symbol;
236     device cgm;
237  run;

                      Name: CGM
               Description: CGM generator--binary output
                      Type: Graph Device
            Device Catalog: ( 'C:\SASv9\sasgen\dev\mva-v930\sas_dvd\sio\dntno\en\sashelp' )
Supported Hardware Symbols: Plus,X,Star