Device Parameters Listed by Product
SAS/GRAPH
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Syntax and Description
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ASPECT=scaling-factor
Sets the aspect ratio for graphics elements.
Product: SAS/GRAPH
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AUTOCOPY=Y | N
Specifies whether to generate hard copy automatically.
Product: SAS/GRAPH
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AUTOFEED=Y | N
Specifies whether devices with continuous paper
or automatic paper feed should roll or feed the paper automatically
for the next graph.
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CELL=Y | N
Controls whether to use cell alignment.
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CHARACTERS=Y | N
Specifies whether the device-resident font is used
when no font or FONT=NONE is specified in a SAS statement.
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CHARREC=(
type, rows, cols, 'font', 'Y' | 'N' )<type, rows, cols, 'font', 'Y' | 'N'> <...> Specifies a device-resident font by associating
a CHARTYPE number with a device-resident font. Also defines a default
size to use with that font.
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CHARTYPE=hardware-font-chartype
Selects the number of the default hardware character
set.
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CIRCLEARC=Y | N
Specifies whether SAS/GRAPH should use the device's
hardware circle-drawing capability, if available.
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CMAP=('from-color:to-color' <,'from-color-n:to-color-n'> <...>)
Specifies a color map for the device.
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COLORS=(<colors-list>) | ()
Specifies the colors used to produce your graphics
output if you do not specify colors explicitly in program statements.
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An eight-character field in the Gcolors field that
is not currently implemented. SAS/GRAPH ignores any value entered
into this field.
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COLORTYPE=NAME | RGB | RGBA | HLS | GRAY | CMY | CMYK | HSV | HSB
Specifies the color space used by the user-written
part of the Metagraphics device driver.
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Sets the number of columns that the device-resident
font uses.
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DASH=Y | N
Specifies whether to use the device's hardware dashed-line
capability, if available.
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DASHLINE='dashed-line-hex-string'X
Specifies which dashed lines should be generated
by hardware means if possible.
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DESCRIPTION='text-string'
Provides a description of the device entry.
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DEVMAP=device-map-name | NONE
Specifies the device map to be used when device-resident
fonts are used.
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DEVOPTS='hardware-capabilities-hex-string'X
Specifies the hardware capabilities of the device.
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DEVTYPE=device-type
Specifies the information required by SAS/GRAPH
routines to determine the nature of the output device.
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DRVINIT1='system-command(s)'
DRVINIT2='system-command(s)'
Specifies host commands to be executed before driver
initialization.
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DRVQRY
NODRVQRY
Specifies whether the device can be queried for
information about the current device configuration.
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DRVTERM1='system-command(s)'
DRVTERM2='system-command(s)'
Specifies host commands to be executed after the
driver terminates.
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ERASE=Y | N
Specifies whether to erase graph after display.
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FILECLOSE=DRIVERTERM | GRAPHEND
Controls when the graphics stream file (GSF) is
closed when you are using the device driver to send graphics output
to a hard copy device.
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FILL=Y | N
Specifies whether to use the device's hardware rectangle-fill
capability.
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FILLINC=0 – 9999
Specifies the number of pixels to move before drawing
the next line in a software fill of a solid area.
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Specifies the device-resident font associated with
CHARTYPE.
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FORMAT=CHARACTER | BINARY
Sets the file format of the metacode file produced
by the part of the Metagraphics device driver that is supplied by
SAS.
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GACCESS=output-format | 'output-format destination'
Specifies the format or the destination or both
of graphics data written to a traditional SAS/GRAPH device driver
or to a graphics stream file (GSF).
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GCOPIES=current-copies
Sets the current and maximum number of copies to
be printed.
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GEND='string' <'string-n'>
Appends an ASCII string to every graphics data record
that is sent to a device or file.
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GEPILOG='string' <'string-n'>
Sends a string to a device or file after all graphics
commands are sent.
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GPROLOG='string' <'string-n'>
Sends a string to device or file before graphics
commands are sent.
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GPROTOCOL=module-name
Specifies the protocol module to use when routing
output directly to a printer or creating a graphics stream file (GSF)
to send to a device attached to your host by a protocol converter.
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GSFLEN=record-length
Controls the length of records written to the graphics
stream file (GSF).
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GSFMODE=APPEND | PORT | REPLACE
Specifies the disposition of records written to
a graphics stream file (GSF) or to a device or communications port
by the device driver.
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GSFNAME=fileref
Specifies the fileref of the file or aggregate file
location to which graphics stream file records are written.
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GSIZE=lines
Sets the number of lines of display used for graphics
for devices whose displays can be divided into graphics and text areas.
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GSTART='string' <'string-n'>
Prefixes every record of graphics data sent to a
device or file with a string of characters.
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HANDSHAKE=HARDWARE | NONE | SOFTWARE | XONXOFF
Specifies the type of flow control used to regulate
the flow of data to a hard copy device.
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HEADER='command'
Specifies the command that executes a user-supplied
program to create HEADER records for the driver.
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HEADERFILE=fileref
Specifies the fileref for the file from which the
Metagraphics driver reads HEADER records.
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HORIGIN=horizontal-offset<IN | CM | PT>
Sets the horizontal offset from the lower left corner
of the display area to the lower left corner of the graph.
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HOSTSPEC='text-string'
Stores FILENAME statement options in the device
entry.
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HSIZE=horizontal-size<IN | CM | PT>
Sets the horizontal size of the graphics output
area.
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ID='description'
Specifies the description string used by the Metagraphics
driver.
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INTERACTIVE=USER | GRAPH | PROC
Sets level of interactivity for Metagraphics driver.
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LCOLS=landscape-columns
Sets the number of columns in the graphics output
area for landscape orientation.
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LFACTOR=line-thickness-factor
Selects the default hardware line thickness.
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LROWS=landscape-rows
Sets the number of rows in the graphics output area
for landscape orientation.
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MAXCOLORS=number-of-colors
Sets the total number of colors that can be displayed
at once.
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MAXPOLY=number-of-vertices
Sets the maximum number of vertices for hardware-drawn
polygons.
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MODEL=model-number
Specifies the model number of the output device.
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MODULE=driver-module
Specifies the name of the corresponding executable
driver module for the device.
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NAK='negative-handshake-response'X
Specifies the negative response for software handshaking
for Metagraphics drivers.
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PAPERFEED=feed-increment<IN | CM>
Specifies the increment of paper that is ejected
when a graph is completed.
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PATH=angle-increment
Sets the increment of the angle for device-resident
text rotation.
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PCOLS=portrait-columns
Sets the number of columns in the graphics output
area for portrait orientation.
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PENSORT=Y | N
Specifies whether plotters draw graphics elements
in order of color.
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PIEFILL=Y | N
Specifies whether to use the device's hardware pie-fill
capability.
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POLYFILL=Y | N
Specifies whether to use the hardware polygon-fill
capability.
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POSTGRAPH1='system-command(s)'
POSTGRAPH2='system-command(s)'
Specifies host commands to be executed after the
graph is produced.
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PREGRAPH1='system-command(s)'
PREGRAPH2='system-command(s)'
Specifies host commands to be executed before the
graph is produced.
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PROCESS='command'
Specifies the command that translates the metafile
into commands for the device.
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PROCESSINPUT=fileref
Specifies the fileref for the file that contains
input for the user-written part of the Metagraphics driver.
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PROCESSOUTPUT=fileref
Specifies the fileref for the file that receives
output from the user-written part of the Metagraphics driver.
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PROMPT=0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Specifies whether prompts are issued.
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PROMPTCHARS='prompt-chars-hex-string'X
Selects the prompt characters to be used by SAS/GRAPH
device drivers.
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PROWS=portrait-rows
Sets the number of rows in the graphics output area
for portrait orientation.
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QMSG=Y | N
Specifies whether log messages are held until after
the graphics output is displayed.
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RECTFILL='rectangle-fill-hex-string'X
Specifies which rectangle fills should be performed
by hardware.
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REPAINT=redraw-factor
Specifies how many times to redraw the graph.
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ROTATE=LANDSCAPE | PORTRAIT
Specifies whether and how to rotate the graph.
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ROTATION=angle-increment
Sets the increment of the angle by which the device
can rotate any given letter in a string of text in a Metagraphics
driver.
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Specifies the number of rows the device-resident
font uses in graphics output.
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Specifies whether a font is scalable.
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SPEED=pen-speed
Selects pen speed for plotters with variable speed
selection.
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SWAP=Y | N
Specifies whether to reverse BLACK and WHITE in
the graphics output.
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SYMBOL=Y | N
Specifies whether to use the device's symbol-drawing
capability.
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SYMBOLS='hardware-symbols-hex-string'X
Specifies which symbols can be generated by hardware.
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TRAILER='command'
Specifies the command that creates TRAILER records
for the Metagraphics driver.
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TRAILERFILE=fileref
Specifies the fileref of the file from which the
Metagraphics driver reads TRAILER records.
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TRANTAB=table | user-defined-table
Selects a translate table for your system that performs
ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation.
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TYPE=CAMERA | CRT | EXPORT | PLOTTER | PRINTER
Specifies the type of output device to which graphics
commands are sent.
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UCC='control-characters-hex-string'X
Sets the user-defined control characters for the
device.
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VORIGIN=vertical-offset<IN | CM | PT>
Sets the vertical offset from the lower left corner
of the display area to the lower left corner of the graph.
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VSIZE=vertical-size<IN | CM | PT>
Sets the vertical size of the graphics output area.
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XMAX=width<IN | CM | PT>
Specifies the width of the addressable graphics
display area; affects the horizontal resolution of the device and
the horizontal dimension of the graphics output area.
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XPIXELS=width-in-pixels
Specifies the width of the addressable display area
in pixels and in conjunction with XMAX determines the horizontal resolution
for the device.
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YMAX=height<IN | CM | PT>
Specifies the height of the addressable graphics
display area; affects the vertical resolution of the device and the
vertical dimension of the graphics output area.
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YPIXELS=height-in-pixels
Specifies the height of the addressable display
area in pixels and in conjunction with YMAX determines the horizontal
resolution for the device.
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Last updated: September 24, 2026