Exporting SAS/Graph Plots to Other Applications

• From the Graph Window, Copy the graph to the clipboard, then Paste into the other application. This is easy to do, but you lose the ability to edit or resize the graph, because it is pasted in as a bitmap.
• Have SAS produce an output file in a format which can be imported into the other application. These images can be editted and resized in the other application.

Creating CGM files

    GOPTIONS DEVICE=CGMxx GSFNAME=fileref GSFMODE=REPLACE;
    FILENAME fileref  'drive:\directory\filename.ext';

Substitute the name of one of the CGM drivers for CGMxx. WordPerfect drivers include:

CGMWP61P

Word Perfect 6.1, portrait mode (8.5 wide by 11in high)

CGMWP61L

Word Perfect 6.1, landscape mode (11 wide by 8.5in high)

CGMWPWA

Word Perfect generic driver

1. The CGMWP61L and CGMWP61P drivers are not part of the standard set of device drivers shipped with SAS 6.10 for Windows. These drivers were created following the instructions in Technote ts252s.ps, and installed on Pavlov.
2. If you are creating the CGM file on a non-PC host, you must do a binary download of the CGM file. A text download will not work.

Example

data wiggle;
   do x=1 to 20 by .2;
      y1 = x + sin(5*x) + normal(0);
      y2 = 10 - (x/2) + sin(3*x);
      output;
      end;

goptions device=cgmwp61p gsfname=graphs gsfmode=replace;
filename graph  'a:\sasuser\graphs\wiggle1.cgm';
proc gplot data=wiggle;
    plot y1 * x = 1;
run;

filename graph  'a:\sasuser\graphs\wiggle2.cgm';
proc gplot data=wiggle;
    plot y2 * x = 2;

The GRAPHOUT macro

 %graphout(
        device=cgmwp61p,
        name=sas,
        ext=cgm,
        catalog=gseg,
        first=1,
        last=0);

device=cgmwp61p

Graphics device to be used (the default is WordPerfect6.1, portrait mode). Some other possibilities:
cgmwp61L- WordPerfect 6.1, landscape;
cgmwpwa - WordPerfect, Windows;
cgmhg3a - Harvard Graphics;
cgmmw6c - Microsoft Word 6.0 (color)

name=sas

Base name for output files (serial number is added)

ext=

File name extension for output files. The appropriate extension is used by default if the DEVICE driver contains 'CGM', 'EPS', 'PS', 'GIF', 'WMF' or 'JPEG'. Otherwise, the default extension is 'GRF'.

OUTDIR=

Output directory for output files. [Default: current directory]

catalog=gseg

Catalog containing the graphs (gseg is SAS default)

first=1

The sequence umber of first graph to plot in the graphic catalog to be plotted. >0 means absolute number of first graph, <1 means number of first graph relative to last (i.e. 0 means last graph only, -1 means first is one before last, etc.)

last=0

Number of last graph to plot >0 means absolute number of last graph, <1 means number of last graph relative to number of graphs in the catalog (i.e. 0 means last graph in the catalog, -1 means one before last, etc.)

Example

Note that the GOPTIONS and SYMBOL statements specify hardware fonts for text and plotting symbols (see below).

data wiggle;
   do x=1 to 20 by .2;
      y1 = x + sin(5*x) + normal(0);
      y2 = 10 - (x/2) + sin(3*x);
      output;
      end;
goptions ftext=HWCGM001;
proc gplot data=wiggle;
   plot y1 * x = 1;
   plot y2 * x = 2;
   symbol1 c=black f=hwcgm006 v=#;   *-- charting symbol;
   symbol2 c=black f=hwcgm012 v=z;   *-- ZapfDingBats symbol;
run;

%graphout(name=wiggle, first=-1);

Importing CGM files into WordPerfect 6.1

1. Select Graphics ==> Image, which will bring up a Insert Image window You can also select the Diamond found on the right side of the top button bar. If you are in Presentations select File ==> Open to invoke the same menu.
2. Select the List Files of Type pulldown and select CGM files or All Files
3. You can select the View button to view your graph before it is imported.
4. Select OK and the graph will be placed into the page as a very small image. You can stretch the image to any size and place the graph anywhere on the page after the graph is imported.
5. Clicking with your right mouse button will bring up an editing menu. You can also click on the Graphics ==> Edit box to invoke a menu to bring up a tools menu at the lower most position of the top menu bar.
6. Double clicking with your left mouse button will place the graph into Presentations if Novell Presentations is installed; otherwise it will place the graph into WPDraw.

Tips

Use Hardware fonts

If possible, you should use hardware fonts for text because it is easier to manipulate. You can reduce the size of your CGM file by using hardware fonts and avoiding SAS filled fonts, such as SWISS, ZAPF, etc. The CGMWP61x device drivers can use equivalent hardware fonts that generate much less space and import into WordPerfect faster. In addition, the text strings generated by these hardware fonts can be manipulated as hardware text strings so they can be moved and sized much more easily.

For example, if you want to use the Arial Bold font, you would specify F=HWCGM002, where HWCGM002 refers to the 2nd font listed below. There are 12 fonts available with the CGMWP61x device drivers. If you do not specify a font, SAS/GRAPH will use an Arial font. Any hardware text string that is imported can be changed to any font installed on your system after the graph is installed in WordPerfect.

Use FILLINC for polygon-fills

Tips on Using the Draw Tools in Word Perfect 6.1

Manipulating individual objects

Moving objects

Text handling

The following table translates SAS/GRAPH heights to point sizes in WordPerfect, (Arial Font assumed, other fonts will be similar).

Backgrounds