SAS.GRAPH 9.1 Reference, Volumes I and II

Can t access the HTML file.

Incorrect URL.

Check the URL in the browser.

Network access denied .

Check operating environment permissions for the HTML file.

Check firewall access permissions for Internet clients .

Browser can t display the file.

Browser or Java plug ”in may not meet requirements.

Check the requirements. See What does your audience need to view the presentation? on page 380.

ActiveX control may not have been installed or may be out of date.

Install the ActiveX control manually (see Manually Installing the ActiveX Control on page 389). Consider updating the presentation to prompt users to install the control (see Prompting for Installation of the ActiveX Control on page 390).

User attempting to run the ActiveX control in a browser other than Internet Explorer.

Switch to the required version of the Internet Explorer Web browser.

User has not been authenticated for that browser and that Web page.

Check to see if authentication is needed, and then authenticate. See Connecting to Web Servers that Require Authentication on page 583.

Browser doesn t recognize the file as HTML.

Ensure that the type of the HTMLfileiscorrectlyspecified.

Ensure that the DOCTYPE and MIME tags are correctly formatted.

Browser permissions too restrictive .

Check browser permissions. See Checking Browser Permissions on page 582.

Browser displays blank page.

Browser cannot access the referenced image file.

If not running an applet or control, check the image file at the location specified in the HTML file.

Browser cannot run the applet or control.

For Java, ensure that the HTML file is correctly referencing the Java plug-in and SAS Java archive. See Specifying the Location of Control and Applet Files (CODEBASE= and ARCHIVE= Options) on page 422.

Check browser permissions for running Java scripts. See Checking Browser Permissions on page 582.

In the UNIX operating environment, remove any CLASSPATH environment variables. See Removing CLASSPATH Environment Variables on page 583.

Open the browser s Java Console and trace the source of the error.

Graph is distorted .

NOGTITLE or NOGFOOTNOTE option on the ODS statement is not properly reclaiming space.

Use the HPOS= or ASPECT= GOPTION to restore the correct aspect. Use hardware fonts.

Browser displays popup message Error: Not enough virtual memory to produce plot.

Client RAM is insufficient for rendering.

Generate a new graph using a smaller data set or a simpler graph. If using PROC GMAP, consider using PROC GREDUCE.

Graph is not rendering as specified by the ODS graph style.

A style attribute may not be enabled for your ODS destination.

Ensure that the attribute is enabled for your ODS destination. For example, the URL attribute is not enabled for the PS destination. Refer to the table of style attributes for the STYLE statement of the TEMPLATE procedure in SAS Output Delivery System: User s Guide .

A style attribute may be overridden by a global option, global statement option, procedure option, or statement option.

Specify the minimum options needed for your graph, for example: goptions reset=all device=activex;

In ActiveX, the user gets the message

There is a pending reboot for this machine...

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Virus-scanning software may be interfering with the installation of the control.

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Turn off any virus-scanning software before installing the control.

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Other instances of the controlmightberunning.

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Be sure to close all instances of Internet Explorerbeforeinstalling the control.

Text font is incorrect.

Java font is defined differently.

Change browser fonts or change the SAS/GRAPH program. See Correcting Text Fonts on page 583.

Text in browser shows incorrect characters .

Browser misinterpreting special characters.

Replace special characters with character entities. See Using HTML Character Entities on page 582.

Graph in browser differs from graph in SAS.

A graphics option or global statement may be unsupported or partially supported for that applet or control. See also Resolving Differences Between Client and Server Graphs on page 584.

Refer to the descriptions for the options you are using and to Appendix 1, Summary of ActiveX and Java Support, on page 1507 for information on whether a statement or option is supported.

A default value in the applet or control is overriding a default option value.

Specify a value for the option rather than relying on the default. See Resolving Differences Between Client and Server Graphs on page 584.

GPLOT lines drawn in reverse order on the client.

This change was made intentionally to maintain the integrity of plots drawn with the AREAS= option.

In ActiveX, black-and-white image is not displayed

ActiveX does not enable 8-bit grayscales images.

Convert the image to 24-bit monochrome.

Graph loses attributes after graph type is changed in the Web browser.

Some attribute loss is inherent in graph type changes.

Select the Refresh button in the Web browser to restore the original graph.

Changes made through the Data Options dialog cause the graph to revert to its original view.

The graph discards subsetting information if you make changes through the Data Options dialog.

Make any changes needed through the Data Options dialog before subsetting the graph.

Colors wrong in Netscape.

Netscape is running without its own color map.

Run Netscape with the install option. See Resolving Colors in Netscape on page 583.