Converting RTF to PDF via SAS

[smol]

Hi Reeza

Once pdf file is created, when we open using Adobe, it looks like document title name is not same as file name. For example, if file name is "test.pdf" after opening in adobe it shows as as "Version 9.4 SAS System Output" which is a document title. Is there anyway to make document title same as file name in VB script? 

Thanks very much

[Reeza]

No idea unfortunately. You may need to look into how the files are originally generated and if they're from SAS to RTF to PDF, I would instead recommend writing some custom ODS PDF.

If the output is originally from SAS see if you can modify the document properties however you're creating the file.

The code here isn't SAS code, it's VBS so the issue isn't with the conversion, it's before the conversion somewhere.

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@omka_ wrote:

Hello everyone,,

I am trying to convert an RTF file to a PDF file using SAS 9.4. I am not talking about merely changing the ods output from rtf to pdf. Instead, I have a file in a folder that is in RTF format, and I want SAS to use that and convert it with code into a PDF file into another folder. Attached is a sample rtf file. I have read online that you can use the x command to do this but I am not sure about how to write the code. Thanks.

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Are you using a Windows version of SAS?  Do you have WORD available on the machine that SAS is running on?  If you open the RTF file in WORD is SAVE-AS-PDF an option?  Are you allowed to use X command?  It can be restricted.

[blueskyxyz]

This method can work, but it takes more than 1 hour when converting larger RTF files with more than 5000 pages, in this case, your PC will work slowly due to converting.