Date:         Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:08:38 +0000
Reply-To:     toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ODS RTF extra line breaks v9
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Quentin,

Some one more knowledgable than I may come along and correct me and if I am
wrong I hope they do.

As to yoru question I would have to say no, this is from the online RTF
documentation:

<snippett start>....
The RTF destination became production in Release 8.1 of the SAS System. This
ODS destination creates output that can be read by various word processing
packages including Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. As in the HTML
destination, in RTF you can use PROC TEMPLATE to modify the colors, fonts,
margins, and so forth. The PROC TEMPLATE documentation lists the available
style elements and attributes. Some of the style elements and attributes are
HTML-specific, but most can be used with the RTF destination as well. Unlike
the HTML destination, the RTF destination creates only a body file.

<snippett end>...



I am not wholly sure that it is lagging behind but perhaps not as well
understood as HTML.



Toby Dunn




From: Quentin McMullen <quentin_mcmullen@BROWN.EDU>
Reply-To: Quentin McMullen <quentin_mcmullen@BROWN.EDU>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: ODS RTF extra line breaks v9
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:37:28 -0500
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:44:59 +0000, toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

 >Quentin,
 >
 >You could go in and modify the existing tagset to only put out a specified
 >number of breaks.
 >
 >Toby Dunn
 >

Thanks much Toby, and thanks for sending the links:
   http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/odsmarkup/
   http://support.sas.com/faq/035/FAQ03565.html

One more (beginner's) question.

Am I correct that the current (9.1.3) ODS RTF file= is NOT produced from a
tagset (like ods html), but is instead still being produced by C code?

If the rtf tagset isn't the same thing as what ODS RTF uses, I don't think
I'll have to stomach to start mucking with it just for this change in line
breaks.

When I tried using the rtf tagset to check, I got nothing but warnings...

192  ods listing close;
193  ods markup type=tagsets.rtf file="c:\junk\me.rtf";
NOTE: Writing MARKUP Body file: c:\junk\me.rtf
194  proc report data=sashelp.class nowindows;
195    column sex name age;
196  run;

WARNING: In Event: populate, Invalid Expression:  trigger
add_footnotes /breakif $footer_flag
          EQ 1
WARNING: In Event: row, Invalid Expression:  eval $linesleft $linesleft +1
WARNING: In Event: populate, Invalid Expression:  trigger
add_footnotes /breakif $footer_flag
          EQ 1
WARNING: In Event: row, Invalid Expression:  eval $linesleft $linesleft +1
WARNING: In Event: populate, Invalid Expression:  trigger
add_footnotes /breakif $footer_flag
          EQ 1
<etc.>

Seems like ods rtf is destined to lag behing ods html and other more
exciting formats....

Thanks again,
--Q.