EXPORTING SAS GRAPHS TO OTHER APPLICATIONS

Did you ever wonder how to get your SAS Graph into Microsoft Word? How about that fantastic Graph you programmed for your boss ' Power Point presentation. What if you could look at your Graph on the Web or a network drive through Netscape Navigator? How many times did colleagues ask you to e-mail your graph? The need to access SAS Graphs in other software is important and can greatly improve the ability to efficiently meet your customers needs. This paper presents the appropriate device drivers necessary to convert SAS Graphs stored in SAS Catalogues to files which can be used in word processing, presentation, and Internet browser software. A single macro containing all the needed parameters for input and output is discussed for exporting all file types. The GREPLAYi procedure is used to create a list and ultimately output graphical entries from a chosen catalogue. Although the methodology presented can be expanded for many other applications and file types, the focus is on producing Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM), Graphics Stream Files (GSF), and Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files. These files can be opened or imported by the required application. Finally, the advantages of initially storing SAS graphs as catalogued entries as well as appropriate versions of SAS are discussed