Yes, LINE statements are always executed even when they're within the scope of an IF or DO. LINE statement behavior is counter-intutitive (to say the least). When PROC REPORT executes a COMPUTE block, it first removes all the LINE statements, then executes the remaining code, and only then executes the LINE statements in the order they appear in the COMPUTE block. See the Restriction here. However, this SAS note describes a clever trick that allows a LINE statement to appear to be conditionally executed. ... View more

The WIDTH option only affects listing output. For non-listing output such as HTML and PDF, add a STYLE option to the DEFINE statement and use a WIDTH style attribute. ... View more

The class="notecontent" attribute refers to the CSS class used for that element, not the event name. Use the event_map tagset to determine which events are sent to the tagset. In this particular case, the event map shows that LINE statement output is sent to the tagset as a data_note event. Here's the SAS doc on the event_map tagset: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/odsug/61723/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002566874.htm. Here's a good tutorial: http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/odsmarkup/p14-30_012105.pdf. Message was edited by: tim hunter ... View more