Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Understanding the Abstract Style Elements

Some of the ODS style elements inherit attributes from abstract style elements. The only purpose of an abstract style element is to provide an element from which many other style elements can inherit their attributes. The HeadersAndFooters element in Styles.Default is an example of an abstract element. Figure 14.11 compares the definition of the HeaderAndFooters element from Styles.Default in SAS 9.2 versus SAS 9.1.3.

In the SAS 9.2 Styles.Default template, you see only a CLASS statement for the HeadersAndFooters element, the Header element, and the RowHeader element. In order to see the rest of the inheritance model, you have to look in the Base.Template.Style template, which contains the inheritance ...