SAS 9.4 Language Reference, 6th Edition

Figure 15.29 Output of International Characters

Creating EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)

Graphics Using Universal Printing

EMF Graphics in SAS

Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) graphics are scalable vector graphics that produce true

color graphics. Applications that support EMF graphics run on Windows. The default

output size of 800x600 pixels and the default resolution of 96 dpi produce output that

closely resembles the screen resolution. EMF graphics are device-independent and are

rendered by an EMF viewer.

Universal Printing supports three EMF metafile formats, EMF, EMFPlus, and EMFDual.

The following table shows the EMF Universal Printers and their corresponding EMF

metafile formats:

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EMF

Universal

Printer

Type of EMF

Metafile Format Description

EMF EMFPlus The EMF Universal Printer creates a graphic that

uses commands, objects, and properties in EMFPlus

records. EMFPlus records have a different structure

and use different commands, objects, and properties

than those in EMF records. The output .emf file

contains no EMF records, only EMFPlus records

that are embedded within comment records.

The EMFPlus Universal Printer supports only

TrueType fonts. If you specify another type of font,

the font is mapped to the TrueType font.

EMFDual EMFDual The EMFDual Universal Printer creates both EMF

and EMFPlus graphics in the same output file. The

file that is presented is determined by the support of

the EMF viewer.

Output from the EMFDual printer is large because it

contains both EMF and EMFPlus formats.

SASEMF EMF The SASEMF Universal Printer creates EMF

records that contain drawing commands, object

definitions, and properties. Alpha channel color

support is available only for images, not vector

graphics. The SASEMF Universal Printer is

equivalent to the EMF Universal Printer in previous

releases of SAS.

EMFDual and SASEMF Universal Printers support TrueType and Type1 fonts. The

EMF Universal Printer supports only TrueType fonts. Use the FONTREG procedure to

register Fonts. If you specify another type of font when the Universal Printer is EMF, the

font is mapped to the TrueType font.

Compression and font embedding are not supported.

For a description of the EMF printers, submit the following QDEVICE procedure and

view the output in the SAS log:

proc qdevice;

printer emf-universal-printer;

run;

EMF printers do not support multiple page documents. If a procedure creates multiple

pages or if more than one procedure is used in the code for ODS PRINTER output, only

the first page is viewable.

See Also

“Color Support for Universal Printers” on page 247

Creating an EMF Graphic

You can create a stand-alone EMF graphic using the ODS PRINTER statement. Specify

the EMF Universal Printer either as the value of the PRINTERPATH= system option or

as the value of the PRINTER= option in the ODS PRINTER statement. The following

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sample code specifies the EMF Universal Printer as the value of the PRINTER= option

in the ODS PRINTER statement:

ods html close;

ods printer printer=emf;

...more SAS code...

ods printer close;

ods html;

SAS creates the file sasprt.emf in the current directory.

Example of Creating an EMF Graphic Using the ODS PRINTER

Statement

Using the example data set Sashelp.Class and the SGPLOT procedure, the following

ODS PRINTER statement prints the EMF file sasprt.emf in the current directory:

options printerpath=emf papersize=("4in" "4in") nodate;

ods html close;

ods printer;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;

reg x=height y=weight / CLM CLI;

run;

ods printer close;

ods html;

The following output is the EMF metafile displayed in the Windows Picture and Fax

Viewer:

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