Using the ACTIVEX or JAVA device driver when the ODS Listing destination is open causes an "unsupported device" warning message to be written to the SAS^® log. The following warning message is issued with the ACTIVEX device driver:

The following warning message is issued with the JAVA device driver:

Note that the LISTING destination is a valid ODS destination beginning with SAS^® 9.2. This warning message is issued because the type of interactivity that is built into the ACTIVEX and JAVA device drivers is incompatible with the LISTING destination.

Since the warning message does not indicate an actual problem, it can be ignored. However, to suppress the warning message with the ACTIVEX and JAVA drivers, add the following statement to the beginning of your SAS code:

If you then want to reset the LISTING destination after creating your graphics output, add the following statement near the end of your SAS code:

Another way to circumvent the issue is to use the following statement. Note that the PNG device driver is used instead of the ACTIVEX or JAVA device driver:

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/GRAPH	z/OS	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS1M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Using the ACTIVEX or JAVA device driver with ODS LISTING writes an "Unsupported device" warning message to the SAS Log

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:

Date Modified:	2008-04-15 13:15:50
Date Created:	2008-03-28 11:21:34