Chapter 13: Generating Static Graphics

What is a Static Graphic?

By static graphic, we mean a graphic in the form of a GIF, JPEG, or PNG file. Whereas a user can interact with the graphics presented by the SAS graph applets and the ActiveX Control (such as by hiding nodes or zooming in on a portion on the graph), the only thing a user can do with a static graphic is to look at it because its appearance is permanently fixed once it is created. To generate a static graphic, run a SAS procedure with a GOPTIONS statement with DEVICE= specified as one of the following:

• ACTXIMG

• JAVAIMG

• GIF

• JPEG

• PNG

By default, GIF images are created with dimensions of 800 x 600 pixels. Use the following variants of the GIF driver to create different size GIF images:

GIF160	160 — 120
GIF260	260 — 195
GIF373	373 — 280
GIF570	570 — 430
GIF733	733 — 550