Problem Note 39311: Garbage output might be written to an RTF file when using the ACTIVEX device driver
The ACTIVEX device driver only supports certain SAS/GRAPH® procedures, such as GPLOT, GCHART, and GMAP. If you use the ACTIVEX device driver with the ODS RTF destination with a SAS® or SAS/GRAPH procedure that the ACTIVEX driver does not support, garbage output will be written to the RTF file. When you open the RTF file with Microsoft Word, you will see a stream of characters across the page instead of the expected graphics output.
This problem will occur with any SAS or SAS/GRAPH procedure that the ACTIVEX device driver does not support, such as the GSLIDE, GREPLAY, and UNIVARIATE procedures.
To circumvent the problem, replace DEVICE=ACTIVEX on the GOPTIONS statement with either DEVICE=PNG or DEVICE=SASEMF.
Here is a complete list of the SAS/GRAPH procedures that the ACTIVEX device driver supports:
GPLOT
GCHART
GMAP
G3D
GCONTOUR
GBARLINE
GTILE
GAREABAR
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/GRAPH | 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.
Garbage output might be written to an RTF file when using the ACTIVEX device driver to generate graphs.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2010-04-19 09:37:40 |
| Date Created: | 2010-04-09 11:06:15 |
