Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:55:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Ray Pass <raypass@ATT.NET>
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From:         Ray Pass <raypass@ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Duplicate Reports with ODS
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Dianne, Kim, et al.

I am NOT the ODS guy.  I know a little stuff and I like teaching what I
know, but it's way limited.

On this question, I do know that while the ODS HTML destination is open (in
between the ODS HTML... command and the ODS HTML CLOSE command) output is
being sent to the various files (BODY, CONTENTS, PAGE, FRAME) identified in
the most recent ODS HTML... command issued.  You can send multiple pieces
of output to the same file(s) by running multiple procs before changing the
files being written to with a new ODS HTML... command.  AFAIK, you can not
have two BODY files, etc. open at the same time for output.

As the ODS manual says on page 78 (ODS HTML example 2), "You must close the
destination before you can view the output with a browser."  You close the
HTML destination with the ODS HTML CLOSE command.  I think that that is
when the "bottom matter" gets written to whichever ODS HTML files were
opened previously.  You can write as many pieces of proc output as you like
to a single BODY file before closing it.  I would say however that the only
way to currently (pre 8.2) write the same piece of proc output to multiple
files is to run the proc multiple times, with different ODS BODY file open
before each run.  You could of course also create copies of the HTML output
files with different names.  Don't forget that the files created are
totally external to SAS and are just ASCII files.

You can also manipulate (omit) the "top matter" (opening HTML stuff) and
"bottom matter" (closing HTML stuff) in the file being created by
ODS.  This is useful to add text comments in between pieces of output in
the same output file, or DATA step output via the ODS Data Step
connection.  I recently used this technique by running two separate
TABULATEs, each with by-group processing, leaving off the closing HTML code
in the output from the first TABULATE (NO_BOTTOM_MATTER) and leaving off
the opening HTML code in the output from the second TABULATE
(NO_TOP_MATTER), and then joining the separate outputs from each by-group
with external operating system commands (UNIX: cat file2.htm >> file1.htm)
via macro loops.  A key feature in this technique is using NEWFILE=BYGROUP
in the HTML ODS... commands - this is only available in 8.1 on.  Very cool
stuff.

I HTH.

Ray




At 04:07 PM 03/06/2001 -0500, Dianne Rhodes wrote:
>Kim LeBouton <Kimberly_LeBouton@AHM.HONDA.COM> wrote:
> > Subject: Duplicate Reports with ODS
> > I want to create the same HTML report but have it directed to two
>different
> > locations.  (I added the RTF to see if I could get two reports.)
>
> > The code below only produces an HTML report for the last ODS HTML
>statement
> > (i.e., the one with &sysdate).  Is it possible to get two HTML reports
>with
> > only one PROC PRINT run?
>
>Well that makes sense doesn't it? The last one referenced.
>No, I don't think you can do it with one proc print.
>
> > ods rtf  file='c:\downloads\creatertf.rtf';
> > ods html file="c:\downloads\createhtml.htm";
> > ods html file="c:\downloads\create&sysdate..htm";
> > proc print data=sasuser.class;
> > run;
> > ods html close;
> > ods rtf  close;
> > ods html close;
>
>It's my understanding (from a paper given by Ray Pass) that the html only
>gets written
>after the HTML close is issued.  His paper, which I think was presented at
>SUGI 25,
>(or maybe it was NESUG, they all blur together)
>shows how to manipulate what is written to the html file, and AFAIR
>demonstrated
>writing to the same file more than once, by manipulating when the bottom of
>the html is written.
>I can't seem to put my finger on that particular paper at the moment,
>perhaps Ray will speak up.
>
>
>Dianne Louise Rhodes
>Sr. Systems Analyst
>Westat
>(x01) 315-5977 work
>(x01) 315-5934 fax

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