Problem Note 64253: The traditional ODS RTF destination does not display PRETEXT= and POSTTEXT= style attributes correctly in output
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You can use the PRETEXT= or POSTTEXT= style attributes in the REPORT procedure to generate a text string before or after a table so that the text appears as a TITLE or FOOTNOTE statement.
When this technique is used in the ODS RTF destination with the ODS escape character to resolve inline-style functions or commands, the characters display incorrectly as text, as shown here:
The escape-character functions, such as {^SUB} and {^SUPER}, and the command ^n are interpreted incorrectly as a literal text string.
The syntax that creates the incorrect output is as follows:
proc report style(report)=[posttext=" ^n SuperScript test ^{super 2}"];
Workaround
To work around this issue, use the RTF destination-specific backslash as the escape character, as shown here:
proc report style(report)=[posttext=" \n SuperScript test {\super 2}"];
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Linux | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
PRETEXT= and POSTTEXT= to add text above or below a table in the ODS RTF destination using inline-style functions such as superscript and subscript do not display correctly.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2019-06-03 09:50:24 |
| Date Created: | 2019-05-28 18:47:46 |