topic Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email in SAS Programming

exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Sun, 13 May 2018 13:19:42 GMT

I export the HTML 5 results from SAS EG to my desktop. I end up with one HTML file. When I open it on my local machine it shows figures images nicely in a browser. However, when I send it via email and open the attachment the images are not shown. Is there anything I can do to embed the images in one html file similar to a Jupyter notebook? Thanks!

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

Shmuel — Sun, 13 May 2018 13:30:18 GMT

A html page with pictures is actually a file.htm and a directory that contains the pictures.

What have you sent by email? and how have you done it?

Post your code in order that the forum can help you.

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Sun, 13 May 2018 13:59:19 GMT

Actually I just found the folder with the images looking at one of the HTML img tags:

Sorry! Is it possible to embed them like in a Jupyter notebook?

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

Shmuel — Sun, 13 May 2018 14:06:22 GMT

I'm not familiar with Jupyter notebook.

Alternatively you can zip the directory containing the html + image files.

The receiver should unzip it.

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Sun, 13 May 2018 14:10:41 GMT

Sure - just not very userfriendly

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

PaigeMiller — Sun, 13 May 2018 14:18:52 GMT

PDF or RTF is user-friendly, would that meet your needs?

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Sun, 13 May 2018 14:34:45 GMT

Sorry but that's the requirement. I will use saspy in a Jupyter Notebook ...

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 13 May 2018 21:03:14 GMT

That's how HTML handles non-textual data. Images, videos, audio etc. are served as separate files.

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Mon, 14 May 2018 09:58:58 GMT

Sure but Jupyter notebook embeds images somehow, which is more user friendly ...

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 14 May 2018 11:16:08 GMT

@csetzkorn wrote:
Sure but Jupyter notebook embeds images somehow, which is more user friendly ...

That's because it uses an additional layer in its backend that works like a content management system. When you use ODS HTML, you work on the level of HTML, not on the level of a CMS.

And keep in mind that you're a SAS programmer, not just a SAS user. This means that there are things you need to take care of, while also opening up a lot of flexibility. Proper definition of the path options will lead to output that is contained in a single directory tree and can be handled (for copying etc) in one fell swoop.

Maybe it's because I'm old, but I happily trade a lot of "comfort" for having direct control over the working of things.

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

csetzkorn — Mon, 14 May 2018 12:55:12 GMT

Totally agree ...

Re: exported html works locally but not when send via email

ballardw — Mon, 14 May 2018 17:11:48 GMT

Or at least knowing when I am letting the system defaults take over and what they are.