Universal Printers versus SAS/GRAPH Devices :: SAS/GRAPH(R) 9.3: Reference, Third Edition

SAS can create SVG files by using either the SAS/GRAPH SVG devices or SVG universal printers. There are four SVG devices: SVG, SVGT, SVGVIEW, and SVGZ. These devices are primarily for use with the LISTING and HTML destinations. With the PRINTER destination, it is required that you use the SVG universal printers directly. The SVG universal printers are SVG, SVGT, SVGVIEW, SVGZ, and SVGANIM.

The information provided here is primarily limited to creating SVG files using SAS/GRAPH devices in the LISTING and HTML destinations. The only universal printer that this document discusses is the SVGANIM universal printer. See Animating Output with the SVGANIM Printer for more information.For information about creating SVG documents in the PRINTER destination using the other SVG universal printers, see Creating SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) Files Using Universal Printing in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

See also Differences in Using Shortcut Devices and Universal Printers for examples showing the difference in using a shortcut device and a universal printer.

For detailed information about the SVG standard, see the W3C documentation at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG.