Alternative ways to convert sas log to pdf

[kaziumair]

Hi everyone , 

I want to convert SAS log to pdf . I found a solution which works , have provided the link below .

Log to PDF 

Are there any other methods to convert SAS Log to PDF?

Thanks and Regards,

Mohammad Umair Kazi.

[Kurt_Bremser]

To be honest, I would refrain from doing this on a regular basis. Log files are much easier to handle and parse in their pure text form. And they are smaller.

And if I need to write nice documentation (like previous papers for SAS Global Forums), I copy/paste the log text into the word processor, and save the document as pdf later anyway.

[kaziumair]

Hi ,
The code for which the log will be converted to PDF is run on a monthly basis . I want to save the logs generated each month in a folder.

[Kurt_Bremser]

You don't need to package the logs into pdf for that. Just redirect the logs with PROC PRINTTO (if interactive) or the -log commandline option (if the code is run in batch).

All our production logs are kept as pure text and accessible through the web server.

[SASKiwi]

PDF is a publishing format. Unless you are publishing your SAS logs for some reason I see no benefit to converting them from text.