The GREPLAY
procedure uses three kinds of catalog entries:
-
graphics output
-
catalog entries
of type GRSEG. The catalog in which these entries are stored is referred
to as the input-catalog and output-catalog. The input-catalog
is the catalog that contains the graphics output, stored in catalog entries,
that you want to replay. You can change the input catalog during a catalog
management session. The output-catalog is the catalog in which
graphics output that is produced by the template facility is stored. The
output catalog is also the destination of copied catalog entries.
-
templates
-
catalog entries of type
TEMPLATE. This catalog is referred
to as the template-catalog. The template-catalog is the catalog
that stores templates that are created by the GREPLAY procedure. The template
catalog also may contain previously created templates that you want to modify
or templates to use for replaying your graphics output. SASHELP.TEMPLT is
the Institute-supplied template catalog.
- color maps
-
catalog
entries of type CMAP. This catalog is referred to as color-map-catalog.
The color-map-catalog is the catalog that stores color maps that
are created by the GREPLAY procedure. The color map catalog also may contain
previously created color maps that you want to modify or color maps to use
when you replay your graphics output. Note that image entries may exist in
this catalog but are not recognized by the GREPLAY procedure.
Note:
Image entries may exist in the catalog but
are not recognized
by PROC GREPLAY. ![[cautionend]](../common/images/cautend.gif)
You can store all of the previous entry types in a single
SAS catalog, or you can store them in separate catalogs and use a different
catalog for each type of entry. A single SAS catalog may contain graphics
output, color maps, and templates.
Because the GREPLAY procedure operates on catalog entries,
you must assign at least one catalog before you can perform any tasks. The
GREPLAY procedure has several ways to assign the catalogs, as shown in Assigning Catalogs.
Assigning Catalogs
|
Catalog |
Ways to Assign |
| input |
IGOUT= option in the PROC GREPLAY statement IGOUT
statement IGOUT field in the PROC GREPLAY window |
| output |
GOUT= option in the PROC GREPLAY statement GOUT statement GOUT
field in the PROC GREPLAY window |
| template |
TC= option in the PROC GREPLAY statement TC statement TC field
in the PROC GREPLAY window |
| color map |
CC= option in the PROC GREPLAY statement CC statement CC
field in the PROC GREPLAY window |
In addition, you can assign a current template, which you can use when you
replay graphics output, and a current color map, which you can use to remap
colors when you replay graphics output. To assign the current template, use
one of the following:
To assign the current color map, use one of the following:
If you try to create a catalog entry with the same name as an
existing entry, the GREPLAY procedure uses the following naming conventions
to prevent duplication of the name.
- For names that are fewer than eight characters,
the procedure adds a number to the end of the name. For example, if you copy
an entry that is named PLOT to a catalog that already contains an entry with
that name, the procedure assigns the name PLOT1 to the new copy.
- For names that are eight characters long, the
procedure drops the last character from the name before it adds the suffix.
For example, if you copy an entry TITLEONE to a catalog that already contains
an entry with that name, the procedure assigns the name TITLEON1 to the copied
entry.
- Template entries that contain individual entries
will reserve the individual entry names as well as the template entry name.
The GREPLAY procedure uses the same technique for the
names of entries that contain graphics output that is produced by the template
facility.
You can use the
GREPLAY procedure to replay or manage catalog
entries in two different ways:
If you are running SAS software in a
nonwindowing environment
(such as line mode or batch), you can only submit code-based GREPLAY statements.
However, if you are running SAS software in a windowing environment (the SAS
Display Manager System, for example), you can use either the GREPLAY windows
or the GREPLAY statements.
If your device supports a windowing environment, the
GREPLAY procedure automatically opens the GREPLAY procedure windows. Otherwise,
the GREPLAY procedure expects you to submit GREPLAY procedure statements.
To invoke the GREPLAY
windows, submit the PROC GREPLAY statement without the NOFS option, as follows:
proc greplay;
run;
SAS/GRAPH
then opens the PROC GREPLAY window. For more information, see Using the GREPLAY Procedure.
If you
are in a windowing environment, you can switch
between the windows and code-based statements while you run the procedure.
See the FS Statement
and the NOFS window command in the SAS Help facility.
If you do not use the GREPLAY windows, you can use code-based
statements to replay or manage the catalog entries. The GREPLAY procedure
automatically uses code-based statements if you do not have a windowing device
or if you are running the GREPLAY procedure in a batch environment. To use
the GREPLAY procedure with code-based statements on a windowing device, submit
the PROC GREPLAY statement with the NOFS option as follows:
proc greplay nofs;
Once you submit the PROC GREPLAY statement, you can
enter and submit statements and run them without re-entering the PROC GREPLAY
statement.
You can exit the GREPLAY procedure with code-based statements
in two ways:
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