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antonsvart
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

 

I've run a whole set of analyses and output using ODS HTML to create a body, contents, and frame .html files. All of these properly display on my machine. However, when I send these three files over email, my recipients open up a blank frame.html and functioning body.html and contents.html file.

 

Here is the code I used to generate these three files:

 

 

ODS listing close;
ODS HTML 	path = "&outdir"
			body = 'body.html' (url='body.html')
			contents = 'contents.html' (url='contents.html')
			frame = 'frame.html' (url='frame.html')
			file = 'Analyses.html'
			newFile = NONE;

%include "&inpath\07-09-2019 Data Creation File.sas";
%include "&inpath\07-09-2019 Descriptive Tables.sas";
%include "&inpath\07-08-2019 Models.sas";
%include "&inpath\07-09-2019 Time Trends1.sas";
%include "&inpath\07-09-2019 Time Trends2.sas";

ods html close;

Is my error leading to the blank frame.html file in the code or am I just attaching too few files in my emails?

 

 

Thank you for help.

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Cynthia_sas
Diamond | Level 26

Hi: I would also recommend using (URL=NONE) after the PATH= option -- if you do this, then you don't need ANY of the other URL= options.

Also, you really should NOT have both BODY= and FILE=. with 2 of them, BODY.HTML will NOT be created, but Analyses.HTML will be created.

NEWFILE=NONE is the default. It's not hurting here, but you don't need it.

 

If I mimic your code, then the frame appears empty because the links inside the FRAME file are bad:

bad_frame.png

When you mail the 3 files (BODY or FILE, FRAME and CONTENTS), nobody will be able to open them using the FRAME file.

 

If you do this, on the other hand,

good_code.png

 

Note that I took out the extra FILE= option.

 

Then file files are created and the src=attribute shows the impact of URL=NONE:

good_frame_src.png

 

And the output displays correctly when FRAME2.HTML is opened:

good_frame.png

 

Also assumes that all 3 output HTML files are sent together and stored in the same folder, not different folders.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cynthia

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Cynthia_sas
Diamond | Level 26

Hi: I would also recommend using (URL=NONE) after the PATH= option -- if you do this, then you don't need ANY of the other URL= options.

Also, you really should NOT have both BODY= and FILE=. with 2 of them, BODY.HTML will NOT be created, but Analyses.HTML will be created.

NEWFILE=NONE is the default. It's not hurting here, but you don't need it.

 

If I mimic your code, then the frame appears empty because the links inside the FRAME file are bad:

bad_frame.png

When you mail the 3 files (BODY or FILE, FRAME and CONTENTS), nobody will be able to open them using the FRAME file.

 

If you do this, on the other hand,

good_code.png

 

Note that I took out the extra FILE= option.

 

Then file files are created and the src=attribute shows the impact of URL=NONE:

good_frame_src.png

 

And the output displays correctly when FRAME2.HTML is opened:

good_frame.png

 

Also assumes that all 3 output HTML files are sent together and stored in the same folder, not different folders.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cynthia

antonsvart
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for your help and taking the time to make these screenies!! Your solution worked and I learned precisely why and how the error happened.

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