The ODS PDF ANCHOR= option can be used to generate anchors in a PDF file. Using a URL link from another file or another page in the same file enables you to navigate to the page created with an anchor. If the ANCHOR= string contains an alphanumeric value, and the first number to follow a non-numeric string is zero (0), the link does not work. The code does not generate an error message, but the link does not connect to the anchored page.

The sample code on the Full Code tab shows four links. The first three create anchors that link correctly to previous pages in the PDF file, but the fourth link does not because the anchor value is "A01".

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M0
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 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.

The code sample creates a PDF file. The fifth page shows four links in a PROC REPORT table. The first three create anchors and link correctly to previous pages in the PDF file, but the fourth link does not because the anchor value is "A01".

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ods pdf file="file.pdf" ;

/* Create ANCHOR for first page CORRECTLY */
ods pdf anchor="A101";
proc report nowd data=sashelp.class;
   title "A101";
run;

/* Create ANCHOR for second page CORRECTLY */
ods pdf anchor="AA";
proc report nowd data=sashelp.shoes(obs=10);
   title "AA";
run;

/* Create ANCHOR for third page CORRECTLY */
ods pdf anchor="01";
proc report nowd data=sashelp.retail;
   title "01";
run;

/* Create ANCHOR for fourth page INCORRECTLY */
ods pdf anchor="A01";
proc report nowd data=sashelp.retail;
   title "A01";
run;

data anchors;
   x="A101";
   output;
   x="AA";
   output;
   x="01";
   output;
   x="A01";
   output;
run;

proc report nowd data=anchors noheader style(report)={rules=none frame=void};
   title "MY links";
   compute x;
      urlstring="#"||left(x);
      call define('_c1_','url',urlstring);
   endcomp;
run;

ods pdf close;

If zero is the first number to follow the first alphanumeric value contained in an anchor's string, there is a problem linking to that anchor.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2008-08-07 15:20:22
Date Created:	2008-08-07 10:46:13