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List:       sas-l
Subject:    Re: How to output color texts to the SAS OUT or LOG window?
From:       Alan Churchill <SASL001 () SAVIAN ! NET>
Date:       2006-07-31 16:13:55
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The only way that I know how to do this is by accessing the SAS object
model, capturing the log and output streams, and then placing them in an
editor control that supports color-coding. This is how we had to do it for
the work we've been doing on our editor. Easy? No. Doable? Yes. But not in
DM that I am aware of.

Alan

Alan Churchill
Savian "Bridging SAS and Microsoft Technologies"
www.savian.net


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lei
Zhang
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:24 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: How to output color texts to the SAS OUT or LOG window?

Richard,
         Thanks for your info. It looks we can use DM Color statements to
change the colors of texts displayed in the DM windows, such  LOG and
Output, But, as you pointed out, the functioanlity is very limited.  We can
not use Color statements to control the colors of individual text segments,
or from Proc Report.  I realize that  the flexible colorful output in Output
window seem not feasible at this time.
         Thank you and all others again for useful advice.

LZ


Richard A. DeVenezia wrote:
> lzhang9830@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Hi, All
> >        I am wondering whether there is a way to output color texts
> > to the OUT or LOG window in SAS DM,  or  whether we can do this with
> > Proc Report plus some special control codes?  Your advice will be
> > very much appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> Just curious, or do you have some specific goal in mind ?
>
> There is limited supported for colorizing predefined portions of
> content generated into the OUTPUT window.
> Issue the command "HELP COLOR" for more info.
>
> The COLOR Command has been around since version 6 (at least) and in
> some regards can be considered a precursor to or very primitive form of
ODS.
>
> --
> Richard A. DeVenezia
> http://www.devenezia.com/

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