SAS Component Language Dictionary

PICOPEN

Initializes the graphics environment

Category:

Image

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

graphenv-id=PICOPEN(pane-number);

graphenv-id

contains the identifier for the graphics environment:

0	indicates that an error condition occurred.
>0	is the graphics environment identifier for use in other PIC functions.

Type: Numeric

pane-number

is the number of the pane to contain the graphics environment:

1	the main portion of a SAS/AF window, or the first screen in an FSEDIT window.
2	the extended table portion of a SAS/AF window, or the second screen in an FSEDIT window.
n	the nth screen in an FSEDIT window.

Type: Numeric

Details

The PICOPEN function initializes the graphics environment within a window. Panes are the physical areas of the screen in which text can be displayed. In SAS/AF software, there can be two panes per window, numbered 1 and 2. An FSEDIT window can have up to 101 screens.

A graphic environment must be opened for each pane in which an image or a graph is to be displayed.

Example

Initialize the graphics environment in the main portion of the FSEDIT window:

fseinit:
   graphenv_id=picopen(1);
return;

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