topic Re: Page X of Y yields strange results in ODS PDF in ODS and Base Reporting

Page X of Y yields strange results in ODS PDF

Doug____ — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:24:49 GMT

Using the following code:

ods escapechar = "^";

footnote height = 7pt 'Page ^{thispage} of ^{lastpage}';

The following result is shown:

What causes this?

Re: Page X of Y yields strange results in ODS PDF

Cynthia_sas — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:46:49 GMT

Hi:

This works for me in SAS 9.4M5:

As you can see, I used the ESCAPECHAR functions in both the TITLE and the FOOTNOTE and they both worked in PDF. Since you didn't show all your code, it could be a style issue, a font issue or some other issue. There were, in the past, problems possible if you tried to use {thispage} and {lastpage} in code that included Graphics procedure output or background images. But you didn't show your code, so it's hard to tell. Here are some relevant Tech Support notes to check out.

http://support.sas.com/kb/56/041.html and

http://support.sas.com/kb/34/573.html

If none of the suggested fixes work for you, then I'd suggest opening a track with Tech Support.

Cynthia

Re: Page X of Y yields strange results in ODS PDF

Doug____ — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:27:54 GMT

Cynthia,

Thanks for the links to the KB notes. The PRINTERPATH = PDF option activation seems to have resolved the issue.

Re: Page X of Y yields strange results in ODS PDF

Konstantin_P — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:21:19 GMT

I had the same issue with "Lastpage".

This problem is described here Problem Note 56041: The LASTPAGE inline style command might display garbled text in PDF files

The following line was a solution in my case:

options printerpath=pdf;