Exploring the HTML Body File: Graphics

Most ODS HTML output is created as shown in the previous example. The results are organized into tables with rows and columns of headings and statistics. However, graphics procedures are different. They produce an image, rather than text results surrounded by HTML tags. Graphics output is covered in detail in Chapter 20, "Understanding ODS Graphics Output," but this simple example will give you a basic understanding of graphical output contained in an HTML result file.

The ODS statements you use to create HTML graphics output are nearly identical to those used for creating tabular output. You still need the three basics: an ODS HTML statement to open the HTML output destination, a body filename to specify ...

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