Carpenter's Complete Guide to the SAS REPORT Procedure

76 Carpenter’s Complete Guide to the SAS REPORT Procedure

Of all the ODS destinations, LISTING is unique. Not only was this the first (and effectively only)

destination before the development of the Output Delivery System; it was also, and still is, a text-

only destination. This means that ODS features such as styles, fonts, and colors do not apply.

Because of these limitations of the LISTING destination, many users now generate their reports

using other destinations. However, the LISTING destination is still useful.

To help provide some control over the appearance of reports that use the LISTING destination, a

number of options and techniques ...