topic Re: Proc Report URL in ODS and Base Reporting

Proc Report URL

Alexsander — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:35:01 GMT

Hi,

We have report, having column header with back ground color as blue and foreground color as white.

Now we have add a URL / link to each colulmn's header, by default the link show blue colour.

since background color and link color are in blue. the link text dont visible nice.

I would like to know,is the way to change the URL / link color?

I am using the below syntax now:

Define Variable /"Variable 1" style(header)={flyover="click for more" url="www.sas.com" ;

Thank you for your time in advance,.

Regards,

Alex

Re: Proc Report URL

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:44:24 GMT

The color of links is determined by the user agent (browser) according to the user's settings.

It is considered bad practice to override that, as it may/will cause confusion for the user regarding visited/not visited links.

I'd rather change the report colours in your situation to a more unobtrusive background colour.

Also keep in mind that too much use of colours will make web content hard to view.

Less is usually more here.

Just consider the main area of this website (SAS communities) and the sparing use of colours.

Re: Proc Report URL

Alexsander — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:24:57 GMT

Hello Kurt Bremser,

Thank you for suggestion, you points are correct. But our users are used with backgorund color as blue and foreground color as white. It would be great if i get a solution to change the foreground color for the links.

Thanks again,

Regards,

Alex

Re: Proc Report URL

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:09:10 GMT

have you already tried to set the colors like

style(header)=[foreground=white background=blue];

Re: Proc Report URL

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:22:20 GMT

Kurt was right when he said that the browser determines the link color. The fact is that for HTML and ONLY for HTML -- so this is ONLY going to apply to HTML, not RTF, not PDF-- there are style template attributes for LINKCOLOR and VISITEDLINKCOLOR that you can change. But in my experience, the browser has to support the change and most of the time, I find that one or both of these attrbutes is ignored by the browser. For example, if I change LINKCOLOR to yellow, I may see it one time as yellow, but the the very first time I click, the browser will change the color to the "visited link" color of a sort of purple (in my browser) and since my Internet cache remembers the visited link. The next time I bring up the page, the link is still the visited color. I have not had a lot of success having the LINKCOLOR persist unless I clear my temporary Internet Cache and cookies before I load the page. I have NEVER found the VISITEDLINKCOLOR to be reliable in changing. However, see this Tech Support note: http://support.sas.com/kb/23/431.html

And if you need more help with the style template, then you might want to open a track with Tech Support. In my mind, making the background a lighter shade of the same blue as you have now might allow for more contrast.

cynthia

Re: Proc Report URL

Alexsander — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:50:38 GMT

Thank you Cynthia, Your suggestion solved my issue.

Regards,

Alex