Problem Note 64363: You modify the COLUMNS= option value to change from a multi-column format to a single-column format, but the column width is not correct in the output
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The COLUMNS= value with the TAGSETS.RTF destination can specify the number of columns to place across each page of output.
However, if you first use a higher value and then change to a lower value for each COLUMNS= option, the column width does not reset. The content is displayed on the page within the width that matches the prior COLUMNS= value.
For example, you use COLUMNS=2 to create a two-column report on the first page of output. The page appears as follows:
You then specify COLUMNS=1 to produce a single-column report on the second page. The content on the second page is displayed incorrectly within a reduced column width, as shown below:
If you specify the OUTPUTWIDTH=100% style attribute in the PRINT procedure to override this behavior, the attribute is ignored.
The expected appearance of the single-column content is as follows:
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M6 | |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | |||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#64363| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2019-06-25 16:53:33 |
| Date Created: | 2019-06-20 12:08:55 |