When to Use the JAVA Device

The JAVA device generates output for the Graph, Map, Tile, and Contour applets. These applets provide user interactivity in all of the supported Web browsers. If you do not need interactivity, then use the JAVAIMG device, as described in Developing Web Presentations with the JAVAIMG and ACTXIMG Devices, or use the PNG device, as described in Developing Web Presentations with the GIF, JPEG, SVG, and PNG Devices.
Note: The JAVA device does not support character values on the response axis. When generating plots with the JAVA device, at least one variable must be numeric. When a numeric value is specified for the category axis and a character variable is specified for the category axis, the axis values are swapped in order to place the numeric value on the category axis. If both values are character values, the plot is not generated.