Hi,   I'm trying to get a handle on gridded layouts and how they can be used in conjunction with absolute layouts.   Can a gridded layout be nested within an absolute layout?  If so, then consider the following sample code:   1590  %let path=c:\temp\; 1591 1592  options orientation=landscape; 1593  ods escapechar='^'; 1594 1595  ods PDF file="&path.temp.pdf" notoc dpi=150; NOTE: Writing ODS PDF output to DISK destination "c:\temp\temp.pdf", printer "PDF". 1596 1597  ods layout absolute y=.25in x=.25in width=10.5in height=8in; 1598 1599  ods layout gridded advance=bygroup  column_gutter=0in 1600                     x=0in y=1.8in 1601                     columns=2 column_widths=(5in 5in) 1602                     rows=3 row_heights=(2in 2in 2in); WARNING: LAYOUT placement exceeds available space for PDF destination.  Setting Y=0in. 1603 1604  ods region; 1605  ods layout end; 1606 1607  ods layout end; 1608  ods pdf close; NOTE: ODS PDF printed 1 page to c:\temp\temp.pdf.   In landscape mode, the vertical distance inside the absolute layout is 8 inches. The grid started at 1.8 inches and had 6 more inches for the 3 rows, for 7.8 inches.  So I don't understand why Y was set to 0.  ?   Thanks!   --Ben ... View more

Hi,   Has anyone successfully brought in an external gif/png image with a transparent background and gotten it to work as expected?   I have an ODS LAYOUT region with a colored background, and tried to drop a png image file on to it that has a transparent background.  I want the underneath layer to show through the transparent part.  Target is a PDF file.   I'm not sure if it is the .png file or what I'm doing in SAS.   Thanks!   --Ben ... View more

Hi,   I've been working recently with Absolute Layout positioning of boilerplate graphic images mixed with data from Procs, etc. and continue to struggle with sizing boilerplate graphics users want on reports.   What determines the pixels per inch for a given graphic (say .png file)?   I have a png file I tried to display going to a PDF file.  The region was 4" tall and 10" wide in a landscape region.  While it filled the page width from the original Word document, it was 2-3 inches too short in the PDF file SAS created.  The info on the image was 2645x1056 and had a pixels per inch value of 330.   I increased the size of the image and got the 'won't fit in the region' error, so I knocked it down.  And kept reducing it and the same thing occurred.  I looked at the image info again on the resized image and found it was 1120x447 pixels at 200 pixels per inch.  Even at that value it should have had plenty of room but it still gets suppressed.   I didn't set the pixels per inch value so something certainly is doing it for me.  Would like it to match whatever the PDF file needs.  ?   The code I used was: ods PDF file="&path.absolute3.pdf" notoc dpi=300;   ods layout absolute y=.25in x=.25in width=10.5in height=8in style={background=yellow};   ods region height=4in width=10.5in style={background=lightblue}; * For cover picture; ods text = "^{style[preimage='&impath.boilerplate3.png']} ";   ods layout end; ods pdf close;     The error message I get is: WARNING: The absolute region was too small to accommodate the output supplied for the PDF destination. Output will be suppressed.     Thanks!   --Ben     ... View more