Problem Note 36035: ODS PRINTER destinations incorrectly issue message "NOTE: ODS printed no output."
If an ODS PDF, PCL, or PS statement is used to create a file and the file only contains output from one or more ODS <printer destination> TEXT= statements, the following message is issued in the SAS Log (where <PRINTER destination> is PDF, PCL or PS):
NOTE: ODS <PRINTER destination> printed no output.
(This sometimes results from failing to place a RUN statement
before the ODS <PRINTER destination> CLOSE statement.)
The file does not show up as a node in the Results window, but is created correctly and is accessible from the system.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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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.
This code generates the following message in the SAS Log:
NOTE: ODS PDF printed no output.
(This sometimes results from failing to place a RUN statement
before the ODS PDF CLOSE statement.)
The file is created and exists in the C:\TEMP directory.
ods pdf file="c:\temp\file.pdf";
ods pdf text="This is my text";
ods pdf close;
The following NOTE is incorrectly generated by an ODS PDF TEXT= statement:
NOTE: ODS PDF printed no output.
(This sometimes results from failing to place
a RUN statement before the ODS PDF CLOSE statement.)| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-05-22 15:35:04 |
| Date Created: | 2009-05-22 13:58:57 |
