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Currently it's not possible to append to an RTF file. This is because an RTF document is composed of orderly parts. As it builds, it stores information for colors, fonts, body, header, and so on. At the close, it puts the different parts in order. Therefore, simply appending is not appropriate for the structure of an RTF document.

The sample code in the FULL CODE tab shows how to use multiple RTF instances to route to more than one RTF file at a time, resulting in four files: COMBINED.RTF has three PROC REPORT tables, while A.RTF, B.RTF and C.RTF each contain the results from single PROC REPORT steps. This logic might help prevent the need for appending RTF files outside SAS.

See more information about PROC TEMPLATE and the RTF destination.

Operating System and Release Information

ods rtf file="combined.rtf";
ods rtf(a) file="a.rtf";

proc report nowd data=sashelp.class(obs=10);
title "In COMBINED.RTF and A.RTF";
run;

ods rtf(a) close;

ods rtf(b) file="b.rtf";

proc report nowd data=sashelp.vtable(obs=20);
title "In COMBINED.RTF and B.RTF";
column libname memname nobs nvar crdate;
run;

ods rtf(b) close;

ods rtf(c) file="c.rtf" ;

proc report nowd data=sashelp.class;
title "In COMBINED.RTF and C.RTF";
run;

ods rtf(c) close;
ods rtf close;

/* or use this shortcut to close all ODS destinations */
/* ods _all_ close; */