Date:         Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:44:43 -0500
Reply-To:     Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM>
Subject:      Re: ODS data step object

It seems this only happens for format_text method, table method is OK:

1    ods listing close;
2    ods pdf file="c:\temp\junk.pdf";
NOTE: Writing ODS PDF output to DISK destination "c:\temp\junk.pdf",
printer "PDF".
3
4    data _null_;
5    set sashelp.class end=eof;
6    if _n_=1 then do;
7      dcl odsout obj();
8      obj.table_start();
9    end;
10   obj.row_start();
11    obj.format_cell(data: name);
12    obj.format_cell(data: weight);
13    obj.format_cell(data: age);
14   obj.row_end();
15   if eof then do;
16   obj.table_end();
17   end;
18   run;

WARNING: Data step interface is preproduction in this release.
NOTE: There were 19 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


19   ods _all_ close;
NOTE: ODS PDF printed 1 page to c:\temp\junk.pdf.


On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:53:50 -0500, Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM> wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>Just started to learn ODS data step object, here is my first try
>and I got this weird note message:
>
>
>1    ods pdf file="c:\temp\junk.pdf";
>NOTE: Writing ODS PDF output to DISK destination "c:\temp\junk.pdf",
>printer "PDF".
>2
>3    data _null_;
>4     set sashelp.class;
>5    if _n_ = 1 then do;
>6        declare odsout obj();
>7        obj.format_text(data: "bla .. bla..");
>8    end;
>9    obj.format_text(data: name);
>10   ;run;
>
>WARNING: Data step interface is preproduction in this release.
>NOTE: There were 19 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
>NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
>      real time           0.03 seconds
>      cpu time            0.00 seconds
>
>
>11
>12   ods _all_ close;
>NOTE: ODS PDF printed no output.
>      (This sometimes results from failing to place a RUN statement before
>the ODS PDF CLOSE
>      statement.)
>
>
>Clearly, I have run statement before ods close, I even have an extra ';'
>before the run. Anything obvious I'm missing (not obvious to me :-)?
>
>Thanks
>
>Ya