The GOPTIONS Procedure

Overview

The GOPTIONS procedure provides information about the values of graphics options and the global statement definitions that are currently in effect in your session. The values displayed are either the defaults of the current device driver or user-defined values that have been assigned in your SAS session. You can use the GOPTIONS procedure to do the following tasks:

list the current values of all of the graphics options or of one specified option
display the values of all of the AXIS, FOOTNOTE, LEGEND, PATTERN, SYMBOL, and TITLE definitions that are currently in effect

Note: Do not confuse the GOPTIONS procedure with the GOPTIONS statement. The GOPTIONS procedure lists the values that are defined in a GOPTIONS statement as well as in any other global statement definitions. See GOPTIONS Statement for a list of the graphics options that you can set with the GOPTIONS statement. See Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary for a complete description of each graphics option. [cautionend]

The list of graphics options displays in the SAS Log window and includes the names of the options, the current values, and a brief description of each one. You can use PROC GOPTIONS statement options to control what information is listed and where it appears in the Log window. Parital Output from the GOPTIONS Procedure contains part of a sample Log listing.

Note: The information returned by the GOPTIONS procedure does not reflect any style settings that are in effect. [cautionend]

Parital Output from the GOPTIONS Procedure

                   SAS/GRAPH software options and parameters
             (executing in DMS Programming Environment environment)
NOADMGDF                     GDDM driver output an ADMGDF file
ASPECT=                      Aspect ratio (width/height) for software characters
NOAUTOCOPY                   Automatic hardcopy after display
NOAUTOFEED                   Automatic paper feed after plot
NOAUTOSIZE                   Change character cell size to preserve device
                             catalog rows and columns
BINDING=NOBINDING            Binding edge
NOBORDER                     Draw a border around display or plot
CBACK=                       Background color
CBY=                         BY line color
CELL                         Hardware characters must be on cell boundaries
CHARACTERS                   Use hardware characters
CHARTYPE=                    Select hardware font
CIRCLEARC                    Use hardware circle/arc generator
NOCOLLATE                    Collate output
COLORS=( )                   Default color list
CPATTERN=                    Default pattern color
CSYMBOL=                     Default symbol color
CTEXT=                       Default text color
CTITLE=                      Default title, footnote and note color
DASH                         Use hardware dashed line generator
DASHSCALE=                   Dash pattern scale factor
DELAY=                       Animation delay time in milliseconds
DEVADDR=                     IBM Device address, qname, or node name
DEVICE=                      Default device driver
DEVMAP=DEFAULT               Output character map for hardware text
DISPLAY                      Display graph on device
DISPOSAL=NONE                Image animation disposal method
DRVINIT=                     Host command executed before driver initialization
DRVTERM=                     Host command executed after driver termination
NODUPLEX                     Duplex printing
NOERASE                      Erase graph upon completion
FASTTEXT                     Use quicker, less precise, integer font rendering
                             routines; generally unsuitable for multiple device
                             or templated replay situations.

Note: All of the graphics options that are displayed by the GOPTIONS procedure are described in Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary. [cautionend]

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