PDF files that are generated with the third maintenance release of SAS® 9.2 (TS2M3) and higher contain an extraneous end tag endoobj. The text has no effect on the look of the output when the file is opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader. However, when an attempt is made to append these PDF files together outside of SAS, the following error message might be generated: To circumvent the problem, use PROC TEMPLATE and PROC REGISTRY to remove the fonts that were supplied by SAS from the PDF file. This workaround is illustrated with the sample program on the Full Code tab.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Linux	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS2M3	9.3 TS1M2

* 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 sample code below creates a style that removes most of the fonts from a PDF file. The PROC REGISTRY code is necessary to complete the task by substituting the Courier font for the SAS font Cumberland AMT.

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proc template;                                                                
   define style styles.noSASfonts;                                               
      parent = styles.printer;                                                
      replace fonts /                                                           
          'TitleFont2' = ("Times",12pt,bold italic)
          'TitleFont' = ("Times",13pt,bold italic)
          'StrongFont' = ("Times",10pt,bold)
          'EmphasisFont' = ("Times",10pt,italic)
          'FixedEmphasisFont' = ("Courier",9pt,italic)
          'FixedStrongFont' = ("Courier",9pt,bold)
          'FixedHeadingFont' = ("Courier",9pt,bold)
          'BatchFixedFont' = ("Courier",6.7pt)
          'FixedFont' = ("Courier",9pt)
          'headingEmphasisFont' = ("Times",11pt,bold italic)
          'headingFont' = ("Times",11pt,bold)
          'docFont' = ("Times",10pt);
   end;                                                                       
run;                       

filename source "test.sasxreg";

data _null_;
   file source;
   put "[ODS\FONTS]";
   put '"MTmonospace"="Courier"';
run;

proc registry import=source; 
run;

ods pdf file="test.pdf" notoc compress=0 style=styles.noSASfonts;

proc print data=sashelp.class; 
run;

ods pdf close;

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M1 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F98.html#46010

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Concatenating PDF files outside of SAS might generate the error message "Unknown operator: endoobj".

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2012-03-23 14:23:03
Date Created:	2012-03-14 09:19:31