SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

Table A3.2 Building an HREF Attribute from the PATH= Option

file-specification URL= Suboption

Information Used in the

Second Part of the URL

in the HREF Attribute

external-file or

libref.catalog

Not specified The name of the file

external-file or

libref.catalog

Specified, but not NONE The value of the URL=

suboption

external-file or

libref.catalog

NONE No information from

PATH=

fileref Specified or not specified No information from

PATH=

Note: If you use a fileref as the file specification in the BODY=, CONTENTS=, or

PAGE= option in the ODS HTML statement, and you do not use the URL=

suboption in that option, then ODS does not use information from GPATH= or

PATH= when it creates the complete URL for any corresponding HREF

attributes.

3. The last part of the URL that is used in an HREF attribute is, by default, the name of

the file that contains the target. ODS determines the name of the file from the file-

specification that you use in the BODY=, CONTENTS=, or PAGE= option. (ODS

does not create links or references to frame files.) For more information about these

options, see “ODS MARKUP Statement” on page 411.

If you specify the URL= suboption in one of these options, then ODS uses the string

that you specify instead of the filename.

Note: If you use a fileref as the file specification and do not use the URL=

suboption, then ODS does not use information from GPATH= or PATH= when it

creates the complete URL for the HREF attribute.

The anchor-name comes from the value of the ANCHOR= option.

The following figure illustrates the creation of the HREF:

Figure A3.3 Creating the Value of an HREF Attribute

HTML Links and References Produced by the HTML Destination 1093