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lindseyn
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

I am trying to create a GIF animation in SAS studio 3.8. However, I keep getting the warning:

 WARNING: RTF destination does not support GIF images. Using the 
          default static format.

Due to this, I am only producing the individual graphs and not the GIF. Here is my code that came from an example on SAS Blogs:

ods html;
data stocks;
   set sashelp.stocks;
   Month = month(date);      /* 1, 2, 3, ..., 12 */
   Year = year(date);        /* 1986, 1987, ..., 2005 */
run;
 
proc sort data=stocks; by date; run;

ods graphics / imagefmt=GIF width=4in height=3in;     /* each image is 4in x 3in GIF */
options papersize=('4 in', '3 in')                    /* set size for images */
        nodate nonumber                               /* do not show date, time, or frame number */
        animduration=0.5 animloop=yes noanimoverlay   /* animation details */
        printerpath=gif animation=start;              /* start recording images to GIF */
ods printer file='C:\Users\lindsey.nelson\Gifs';  /* images saved into animated GIF */
 
ods html select none;                                /* suppress screen output */
proc sgplot data=stocks;
title "Stock Performance";
   by year;                                           /* create 20 images, one for each year */
   series x=month y=close / group=stock;              /* each image is a time series */
   xaxis integer values=(1 to 12);                         
   yaxis min=10 max=210 grid;                         /* set common vertical scale for all graphs */
run;
ods html select all;    
ods listing;                              /* restore screen output */
 
options printerpath=gif animation=stop;               /* stop recording images */
ods printer close; 
ods html close;     

 

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Reeza
Super User
ods printer file='C:\Users\lindsey.nelson\myMap.gif';

You needed to give it an actual file name, such as gif.

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Reeza
Super User
Show the log.

Turn off ODS RTF as indicated in the other post:

ODS RTF CLOSE; *put at top of program;
Reeza
Super User
ods printer file='C:\Users\lindsey.nelson\myMap.gif';

You needed to give it an actual file name, such as gif.

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