Tips for Using the Format Publishing Macros
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Use the ACTION=CREATE option only
the first time you run the format publishing macro. After that, use
ACTION=REPLACE or ACTION=DROP.
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The format publishing macro does
not require a format catalog. If you do not have any custom formats,
only the formats that SAS supplies are published. However, you can
use this code to create an empty format catalog in your WORK directory
before you publish the PUT function and the formats that SAS supplies:
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If you modify any PROC FORMAT entries
in the source catalog, you must republish the entire catalog.
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If the format publishing macro
is executed between two procedure calls, the page number of the last
query output is increased by two.
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