topic Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output in SAS Programming

using system options to add page number to pdf output

Anita_n — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:03:30 GMT

Dear all,

Is it possible to format the page number option in system option?

options nodate number nobyline

can I change the size, color, etc of the numbers printed?

Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output

Cynthia_sas — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:13:44 GMT

Hi:

It is possible to change the page number formatting, but not, as you envision, in a system option. The page number is controlled by the style template used for the destination. So your options are:

1) turn page numbering off and use ODS ESCAPECHAR THISPAGE function in a title statement and use TITLE options to alter the page number

2) change the style template.

Both methods are shown below:

Method 1 -- use ODS ESCAPECHAR and TITLE statement

Method 2 -- use PROC TEMPLATE

I think that Method 1 is easier for beginners. For method 2 to work, the PAGENO style attribute had to be altered to add color and font in the template. And, the STYLE = option had to be added to the ODS PDF statement.

Hope this helps,

Cynthia

Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output

Anita_n — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:37:51 GMT

Thankyou @Cynthia_sas ,

I tried that with this code

options nodate nonumber nobyline;
ods pdf file="test.pdf";
ods graphics /reset noborder width=10in height=8.5in ;
ods ecapechar='^';
title1 color=dimgray h=6pt bold j=r "Page ^{thispage} of ^{lastpage}";
title2 color=dimgray h=6pt bold j=c "My title";

proc sgpanel data=mydata;
........................;
run;

title1;
title2;
ods pdf close;

but am not getting the desired results:

this is what I get:

the number is not displayed

Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output

Anita_n — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:24:58 GMT

@Cynthia_sas The second method worked for me thankyou

Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output

Cynthia_sas — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:30:30 GMT

Hi: Sorry, I must have missed that you were doing graphics. Method 1 worked for me when I did this:

You have to use the ODS PDF option to allow ODS to control the title. It is just NOGTITLE (which says don't put the title inside the graph, put it outside the graph in the ODS file).

Cynthia

Re: using system options to add page number to pdf output

Anita_n — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:18:57 GMT

@Cynthia_sas thankyou