On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:14:53 -0000, jim <sasoriented@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>I will try if I can do this using report procedure. > >I have one more question. when i try formchar. I can see its effect at >output, but not on the actual file(.rtf) created. > >anybody know why?

The PROC TABULATE documentation says: "The FORMCHAR= option affects only the traditional SAS monospace output destination."

I think that's a way of referring to the ODS LISTING destination.

RTF is capable of drawing lines, so the whole mechanism of forming lines from discrete characters is not needed and not used.