GOPTIONS Statement

The GOPTIONS statement temporarily sets default values for many graphics attributes and device parameters used by SAS/GRAPH procedures.

Used by:

• all statements and procedures in a SAS session

Description

The GOPTIONS statement specifies values for graphics options . Graphics options control characteristics of the graph, such as size , colors, type fonts, fill patterns, and symbols. In addition, they affect the settings of device parameters, which are defined in the device entry. Device parameters control such characteristics as the appearance of the display, the type of output produced, and the destination of the output.

The GOPTIONS statement allows you to change these settings temporarily, either for a single graph or for the duration of your SAS session. You can use the GOPTIONS statement to

• override default values for graphics options that control either graphics attributes or device parameters for a single graph or for an entire SAS session

• reset individual graphics options or all graphics options to their default values

• cancel definitions for AXIS, FOOTNOTE, PATTERN, SYMBOL, and TITLE statements.

To change device parameters permanently, you must use the GDEVICE procedure to modify the appropriate device entry or to create a new one. See Chapter 31, The GDEVICE Procedure, on page 915 for details.

To review the current settings of all graphics options, use the GOPTIONS procedure. See Chapter 36, The GOPTIONS Procedure, on page 1075 for details.

Syntax

GOPTIONS < options-list >;

options-list can be one or more options from any or all of the following categories:

• reset option

• RESET=ALL GLOBAL statement- name ( statement-name(s) )

• options that affect the appearance of the display area and the graphics output

  • ASPECT= scaling-factor

  • AUTOSIZE=ON OFF DEFAULT

  • BORDER NOBORDER

  • CELL NOCELL

  • GSIZE= lines

  • HORIGIN= horizontal-offset <IN CM>

  • HPOS= columns

  • HSIZE= horizontal-size <IN CM>

  • IBACK= fileref external-file

  • IMAGESTYLE = TILE FIT

  • IMAGEPRINT NOIMAGEPRINT

  • ROTATE=LANDSCAPE PORTRAIT

  • ROTATE NOROTATE

  • SWAP NOSWAP

  • TARGETDEVICE= target-device-entry

  • VORIGIN= vertical-offset <IN CM>

  • VPOS= rows

  • VSIZE= vertical-size <IN CM>

  • XMAX= width <IN CM>

  • XPIXELS= width-in-pixels

  • YMAX= height <IN CM>

  • YPIXELS= height-in-pixels

• options that affect color

  • CBACK= background-color

  • CBY= BY-line-color

  • COLORS=<( colors-list NONE)>

  • CPATTERN= pattern-color

  • CSYMBOL= symbol-color

  • CTEXT= text-color

  • CTITLE= title-color

  • PENMOUNTS= active-pen-mounts

  • PENSORT NOPENSORT

• options that control font selection or text appearance

  • CHARTYPE= hardware-font-chartype

  • FASTTEXT NOFASTTEXT

  • FBY= BY-line-font

  • FCACHE= number-fonts- open

  • FONTRES=NORMAL PRESENTATION

  • FTEXT= text-font

  • FTITLE= title-font

  • FTRACK=LOOSE NONE NORMAL TIGHT TOUCH V5

  • HBY= BY-line-height < units >

  • HTEXT= text-height < units >

  • HTITLE= title-height < units >

  • RENDER=APPEND DISK MEMORY NONE READ

  • RENDERLIB= libref

  • SIMFONT= software-font

• options that set defaults for procedures and global statements

  • GUNIT= units

  • INTERPOL= interpolation-method

  • OFFSHADOW=( x < units >, y < units > ( x , y )< units >

  • V6COMP NOV6COMP

• image animation options

  • DELAY= delay-time

  • DISPOSAL=NONE BACKGROUND PREVIOUS UNSPECIFIED

  • INTERLACED NONINTERLACED

  • ITERATION= iteration-count

  • TRANSPARENCY NOTRANSPARENCY

• options that affect how your SAS/GRAPH program runs

  • DISPLAY NODISPLAY

  • ERASE NOERASE

  • GWAIT= seconds

  • GRAPHRC NOGRAPHRC

  • IMAGEPRINT NOIMAGEPRINT

  • PCLIP NOPCLIP

  • POLYGONCLIP NOPOLYGONCLIP

• options that control how output is sent to devices or files

  • ADMGDF NOADMGDF

  • DEVADDR= device-address

  • DEVICE= device-entry

  • DEVMAP= device-map-name NONE

  • EXTENSION= file-type

  • FILECLOSE=DRIVERTERM GRAPHEND

  • FILEONLY NOFILEONLY

  • GACCESS= output-format output-format > destination

  • GEND= string <... string-n >

  • GEPILOG= string <... string-n >

  • GOUTMODE=APPEND REPLACE

  • GPROLOG= string <... string-n >

  • GPROTOCOL= module-name

  • GSFLEN= record-length

  • GSFMODE=APPEND PORT REPLACE

  • GSFNAME= fileref

  • GSFPROMPT NOGSFPROMPT

  • GSTART= string <... string-n >

  • HANDSHAKE=HARDWARE NONE SOFTWARE XONXOFF

  • KEYMAP= map-name NONE

  • POSTGEPILOG= string

  • POSTGPROLOG= string

  • PREGEPILOG= string

  • PREGPROLOG= string

  • PROMPTCHARS= prompt-chars-hex-string X

• options that specify hardware capabilities of the device

  • CHARACTERS NOCHARACTERS

  • CIRCLEARC NOCIRCLEARC

  • DASH NODASH

  • DASHSCALE= scaling-factor

  • FILL NOFILL

  • FILLINC=0...9999

  • LFACTOR= line- thickness -factor

  • PIEFILL NOPIEFILL

  • POLYGONFILL NOPOLYGONFILL

  • SYMBOL NOSYMBOL

• options that control printer hardware features

  • AUTOCOPY NOAUTOCOPY

  • AUTOFEED NOAUTOFEED

  • BINDING=DEFAULTEDGE LONGEDGE SHORTEDGE

  • COLLATE NOCOLLATE

  • DUPLEX NODUPLEX

  • GCOPIES=(< current-copies >< ,max-copies >)

  • PAPERDEST= bin

  • PAPERFEED= feed-increment <IN CM>

  • PAPERLIMIT= width <IN CM>

  • PAPERSIZE= size-name ( width , height )

  • PAPERSOURCE= tray

  • PAPERTYPE= type-name

  • PPDFILE= fileref external-file

  • REPAINT= redraw -factor

  • REVERSE NOREVERSE

  • SPEED= pen-speed

  • UCC= control-characters-hex-string X

• options that interact with the operating environment

  • DRVINIT= system-command(s)

  • DRVTERM= system-command(s)

  • PREGRAPH= system-command(s)

  • POSTGRAPH= system-command(s)

  • PROMPT NOPROMPT

• options for mainframe systems

  • GCLASS= SYSOUT-class

  • GDDMCOPY=FSCOPY GSCOPY

  • GDDMNICKNAME= nickname

  • GDDMTOKEN= token

  • GDEST= destination

  • GFORMS= forms-code

  • GWRITER= writer-name

  • TRANTAB= table user -defined-table

Options

See Chapter 8, Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary, on page 261 for a complete description of all graphics options used by the GOPTIONS statement.

Using the GOPTIONS Statement

GOPTIONS statements are global and can be located anywhere in your SAS program. However, for the graphics options to affect the output from a procedure, the GOPTIONS statement must execute before the procedure.

With the exception of RESET=, graphics options can be listed in any order in a GOPTIONS statement. RESET= should be the first option in the GOPTIONS statement.

A graphics option remains in effect until you either specify the option in another GOPTIONS statement, or use RESET= to reset the values, or end the SAS session. When a session ends, the values of the graphics options return to their default values.

Graphics options are additive; that is, the value of a graphics option remains in effect until the graphics option is explicitly changed or reset or until you end your SAS session. Graphics options remain in effect even after you submit additional GOPTIONS statements specifying different options.

To reset an individual option to its default value, submit the option without a value (a null graphics option.) You can use a comma (but it is not required) to separate a null graphics option from the next one. For example, this GOPTIONS statement sets the values for background color, text height, and text font:

 goptions cback=blue htext=6 pct ftext=zapf; 

To reset only the background color specification to the default and keep the remaining values, use this GOPTIONS statement:

 goptions cback=; 

To reset all graphic options to their default values, specify RESET=GOPTIONS:

 goptions reset=goptions; 

Alternatively, you can use RESET=ALL, but it also cancels any global statement definitions in addition to resetting all graphics options to default values.

Graphics Option Processing

You can control many graphics attributes through statement options, graphics options, device parameters, or a combination of these. SAS/GRAPH searches these places to determine the value to use, stopping at the first place that gives it an explicit value:

1. statement options

2. the value of the corresponding graphics option

3. the value of a device parameter found in the catalog entry for your device driver.

Note: Not every graphics attribute can be set in all three places. See the statement and procedure chapters for the options that can be used with each.

Some graphics options are supported for specific devices or operating environments only. See the SAS Help facility for SAS/GRAPH or the SAS companion for your operating environment for more information.