Hi:
CHTML stands for "compact" HTML -- it is COMPACT because it has NO style embedded in the HTML file. In SAS 8, HTML files were large because the style attributes were pumped into every HTML tag. In SAS 9, HTML files can be large because of the in-line style section that is part of the HTML 4 spec.
In SAS 8, you could use the STYLESHEET=(URL=) option to point to an external CSS file -- this would cause ODS HTML to build a <LINK> tag that merely pointed to the CSS location -- then when the browser loaded the file, the CSS file would load separately from the HTML file -- this generally resulted in a smaller HTML file.
In SAS 9, all HTML style are "inline" by default. That means, if you open your HTML file with Notepad (do a View --> Source in the browser), you will see that there is a <STYLE> section inside the ODS-generated HTML file. This inline style section CAN make your HTML files large -- however, they should be smaller than they were when generated in SAS 8.
Again, using the STYLESHEET=(URL=) option allows you to point to an external CSS file -- this should make the HTML file smaller.
Only PDF has a COMPRESS= option to implement compression on files created with ODS.
cynthia