@thanikondharish wrote:
proc printto print='D:\pha\ex1.log';
run;
OPTIONS FORMCHAR='I----l+l---+=I-/\<>*' ;
proc freq data=sashelp.class ;
run;
proc printto;
run;
when i run this program it gives worng line boraders how to fix that boarders
You don't describe what "wrong" looks like but I going to guess that you get something with very odd characters.
The "problem" is the font used to look at the result. Those characters in FORMCHAR are high order ASCII, with values above 127 and there is no standard for what those represent. So if you look at the result in a program that uses a different font you can get different appearance. Change fonts or change formchar.
That is one of the reasons SAS spent a lot of time developing ODS output so that such appearance issues are not critical.
From my SASV9.cfg
/* This is the ANSI character set (for SAS Monospace font and ANSI Sasfont) */
-FORMCHAR '82838485868788898A8B8C2B3D7C2D2F5C3C3E2A'x
note that this explicitly states which fonts the characters will work with (and draws much nicer boxes that the characters you are using when I use SASFONT of SAS Monospace)
I would suggest learning to use ODS destinations OR specifying a FORMCHAR option that works with the FONT you are going to use.
