Dear Community,
I am trying to create a powerpoint through an ods powerpoint on sas entreprise guide.
I have tried with these to ways :
/* option 1*/
proc template;
define style styles.imagebackground;
parent=styles.powerpointlight;
class body /
backgroundimage="&CHEMINDATA.Slide1.png";
class data, table, headersandfooters /
bordercolor = dark2;
class systemtitle, systemfooter /
just=center;
class bodydate /
just=right vjust=top width=50%;
class pageno /
just=left vjust=top width=50%;
end;
run;
ods powerpoint file='"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt' style=styles.imagebackground;
proc odstext;
p "";
p "test";
run;
ods powerpoint close;
/* option 2/
ods powerpoint file='"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt' options(backgroundimage="&CHEMINDATA.Slide1.png");
proc odstext;
p "";
p "test";
run;
ods powerpoint close;
For these 2 options an error appears 'Invalid data error' an no image is displayed on the background:
/*log 1*/
23 proc template;
24 define style styles.imagebackground;
25 parent=styles.powerpointlight;
26 class body /
27 backgroundimage="&CHEMINDATA.Slide1.png";
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable CHEMINDATA resolves to /home/E0399071/wise/DEVOPS/ACXIM_PRP/RM/MLE_RT_063141/REPORT/DATA/
28 class data, table, headersandfooters /
29 bordercolor = dark2;
30 class systemtitle, systemfooter /
31 just=center;
32 class bodydate /
33 just=right vjust=top width=50%;
34 class pageno /
35 just=left vjust=top width=50%;
36 end;
NOTE: Overwriting existing template/link: Styles.Imagebackground
NOTE: STYLE 'Styles.Imagebackground' has been saved to: WORK.TEMPLAT
37 run;
38
39
40 ods powerpoint file='"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt' style=styles.imagebackground;
The SAS System
ERROR: Invalid data length.
41
42 proc odstext;
43 p "";
44 p "test";
45 run;
NOTE: The PROCEDURE ODSTEXT printed page 1.
46 ods powerpoint close;
NOTE: Writing POWERPOINT file: ./"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt
/*log 2*/
23 ods powerpoint file='"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt' options(backgroundimage="&CHEMINDATA.Slide1.png");
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable CHEMINDATA resolves to /home/E0399071/wise/DEVOPS/ACXIM_PRP/RM/MLE_RT_063141/REPORT/DATA/
24
25 proc odstext;
26 p "";
27 p "test";
28 run;
ERROR: Invalid data length.
NOTE: The PROCEDURE ODSTEXT printed page 1.
29 ods powerpoint close;
NOTE: Writing POWERPOINT file: ./"&cheminout.&nom_rapport..ppt
30
=======> Do you have any clue in how I can solve this problem?
Thank you in advance
Best regards
I don't think you need the PROC TEMPLATE to get a background image. @JaneEslinger shares a simple approach in this blog post.
Make sure (of course) that the image you reference is accessible in your SAS session, that it's a valid image file, and that the name is correct (case matters too, on UNIX systems).
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