Default style template for a given destination

[xxformat_com]

Hi,

When looking at https://support.sas.com/kb/34/950.html

I can see that I can use the following code to identify the default template use for a given destination

proc registry list startat="ODS\DESTINATIONS";
run;

Here is a subset of the output

[HTML]      Selected Style="Default"
[MARKUP]    Selected Style="Default"
[HTML4]     Selected Style="HTMLBlue"
[RTF]       Selected Style="Rtf"        
[MONOSPACE] Selected Style="Listing"
[PRINTER]   Selected Style="Pearl"
[PCL]       Selected Style="monochromePrinter"
[RTF]       Selected Style="Rtf"
[SCRIPT]    Selected Style="HTMLBlue"
[EPUB2]     Selected Style="Daisy"
[EPUB3]     Selected Style="Daisy"
[Excel]     Selected Style="Excel"
[html5]     Selected Style="HTMLBlue"
[OPENUI5]   Selected Style="OpenUI5"
[PwrPoint]  Selected Style="PowerPointLight"
 

But for some of the destinations like the PDF destination, there is no Selected Style information.

Instead, we have

 [      PDF]
       Accessible="Off"
       Bookmark List="Show"
       Default Printer="PDF"
       Default State="Off"
       DPI=int:150
       PDF Notes="On"

1/ But I'm not sure how to interpret this output.

2/ Is there any other syntax available, beside proc registry to retrieve the default style used by a destination?

Thanks

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hi @xxformat_com,

My understanding is that in the SAS Registry the PDF destination is subordinate to the PRINTER destination (i.e., considered as one of the PRINTER destinations) and therefore "inherits" the default style "Pearl" from PRINTER if not otherwise specified. This hierarchy is easier to see in the Registry Editor (accessible from the menu of the Display Manager interface via Solutions → Accessories → Registry Editor) than from the indentations in the output of PROC REGISTRY.

This is consistent with the documentation of the ODS PDF statement where it says:

The default style for PRINTER destinations is Pearl.

[xxformat_com]

As I'm working with SAS Studio I was not familiar with the Regitry Editor. Thanks for that. I'm including a snapshot for people who will read this post.

[ballardw]

For what it may be worth, when ODS came about it took me very little time to realize that I didn't like the appearance for most of the default styles associated with any destinations. So I routinely add a STYLE= to any ODS output destination code I use.