SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

Appendix 3

ODS and the HTML Destination

HTML Links and References Produced by the HTML Destination . . . . . . . . . . 1089

What Are Links and References? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089

Implementing HTML Links and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089

How ODS Constructs Links and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091

Files Produced by the HTML Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094

The Body File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094

The Contents File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097

The Page File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097

The Frame File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097

HTML Links and References Produced by the

HTML Destination

What Are Links and References?

An HTML link is a place in a document that enables you to jump to another specific

place in the same document or in another document. A browser typically highlights the

text that is between the tags that begin and end the link. When you click on the

highlighted text, the browser displays the text at the link target. The browser might then

display the contents of the target in the active window, or it might open another browser

window that displays the contents of the target.

An HTML reference names a file for the browser to display. When a browser reads a

reference, it displays the referenced file as if it were part of the file that it is displaying.

You cannot tell by looking at the browser's display that some of the material is in the file

that you are actually viewing and that some is referenced.

When you use ODS, the software automatically creates the links and references that you

need. However, you can customize these links to some extent. If you want to do so, then

you need to understand how HTML implements links and references.

Implementing HTML Links and References

Note: This simplified discussion of HTML links and references is designed to provide

information that will help you understand what ODS does when it builds links and

references for you. For a complete discussion of HTML tagging, consult one of the

many reference books that are available on the subject.

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