SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

For a view of this same file through a browser, see Display A3.1 on page 1100.

The Contents File

The contents file contains a link to the body file for each HTML table that ODS creates

from procedure or DATA step results. The targets for these links are the values of the

NAME attributes on the anchor tags that are in the body file. For more information, see

“The Body File” on page 1094. For example, an anchor tag that links to the second

HTML table of results in Figure A3.4 on page 1096 looks like this:

<A href="pop-body.htm#IDX1">

In this anchor tag,

• pop-body.htm identifies the file that contains the target.

• #IDX1 provides the name of the target.

You can view the contents file directly in the browser, or, if you make a frame file, you

can see the contents file as part of the frame file. For more information, see “The Frame

File” on page 1097.

The Page File

The page file contains a link to the body file for each page of HTML output that ODS

creates from procedure or DATA step results. The targets for these links are the values

of the NAME attributes on the anchor tags that are in the body file.For more information,

see “The Body File” on page 1094. For example, an anchor tag that links to the second

page of results in Figure A3.4 on page 1096 looks like this:

<A href="pop-body.htm#IDX2">

In this anchor tag,

• pop-body.htm identifies the file that contains the target.

• #IDX2 provides the name of the target.

You can view the page file directly in the browser, or, if you make a frame file, you can

see the page file as part of the frame file. For more information, see “The Frame File” on

page 1097.

The Frame File

The frame file provides a simultaneous view of the body file and the contents file, the

page file, or both. The following figure illustrates how a frame that references both the

contents and page files looks (in part) to an ASCII editor. The SRC attribute identifies a

file to display in the browser. ODS constructs the value for the SRC attribute the same

way it constructs the value for an HREF attribute in a page or contents file. For more

information, see Figure A3.5 on page 1098.

Files Produced by the HTML Destination 1097